Who’s speaking at CPAC? All the scheduled presenters

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) returns once more this week for another serving of Republican grandstanding, grievance-airing and merchandise shilling.

The four-day event that bills itself as the “largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world” returns to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside of Washington DC, from Wednesday 21 February to Saturday 24 February.

Brace yourselves libs, you’re about to get well and truly owned.

The fantasy attempt by House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden – who they claim to be both a criminal mastermind and profoundly senile – the state of the US southern border, wokery and adjacent culture war evils are all likely to be recurrent themes at a gathering that was once closely aligned with Ronald Reagan but is now unquestionably a Donald Trump affair.

Mr Trump will be the headliner once again on Saturday, where he is likely to spend his time trashing Nikki Haley, his last remaining challenger for the GOP presidential nomination, before departing in a hurry for South Carolina, which is holding its primary that same day.

The anti-Trump candidate Ms Haley is conspicuous by her absence from CPAC this time around, given that she did speak at the same event a year ago.

Other MAGA favourites scheduled to address attendees his week include two possible Mr Trump running mates, Elise Stefanik and Kristi Noem, his daughter-in-law Lara Trump (vying to be the Republican National Committee’s new co-chair), his former housing secretary Dr Ben Carson, Senators JD Vance and Tommy Tuberville, Representatives Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz, Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, Texas Attorney General Ken