Matt Schlapp, president of the Conservative Political Action Coalition that will hold its annual confab outside Washington beginning Wednesday, said he’s been hounded by certain news media members since an anonymous GOP aide accused him of unwelcome overtures.
The still-unnamed male accuser is now suing Mr. Schlapp and his wife, Mercedes, who both deny all of the allegations.
The conference, like past events, will showcase the emerging Republican presidential primary field, including former President Donald Trump, who leads all candidates in most early polling and will deliver the keynote address. Mr. Schlapp would not disclose which reporters may be refused admittance into CPAC, which this year returns to the Gaylord Hotel at National Harbor after two years in Florida because of COVID-19 restrictions in the Washington area.
Mr. Schlapp will helm CPAC weeks after news reports emerged about an anonymous accuser who claims Mr. Schlapp made unwelcome advances during a car drive in Macon, Georgia, where Mr. Schlapp was attending campaign events for GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker. Reporters have knocked on his door at home, where he lives with Mrs. Schlapp and their five children. Reporters also have shown up at the homes of CPAC staff and called them repeatedly.He believes the media have aggressively and unfairly pursued the story to try to take him down, along with CPAC because the conservative politics they represent do not align with the ideology of some journalists.
In 2021, several news outlets reported that the CPAC stage design looked similar to a neo-Nazi symbol. Last year’s CPAC coverage included an article by Rolling Stone magazine about “dark militant speeches” and “thinly veiled calls for violence.”
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