Attendees at the Conservative Political Action Coalition conference near Washington said Thursday that an anonymous accuser’s allegations against CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp of making unwelcome sexual overtures aren’t casting a shadow over the annual event.
Sergio de la Pena, a 2021 Virginia GOP gubernatorial primary candidate, said he did not think the lawsuit has affected this year’s conference.
“I think the majority of the people here probably believe that anyway — the accusations,” said Dr. Paul Brintley of the North Carolina Faith and Freedom Coalition. “I don’t know if it’s going to really impact CPAC. Some people are probably going to bring it up, but I don’t think it’s going to impact it.”
The Schlapps have previously denied the allegations from the accuser, a man in his 30s who worked for the Herschel Walker Senate campaign in Georgia. The sexual battery civil lawsuit, filed last month in Virginia Circuit Court in Alexandria, also accuses both Schlapps of defamation and of conspiracy to impugn the accuser.
“I kind of thought about whether I wanted to spend money on buying a ticket, and I only have to drive here and then pay parking fees, because I live in D.C.,” he said. “So for people who were coming farther away, especially the younger ones — if like, Ron Paul isn’t subsidizing your tickets and things like coming all the way across the country to go to CPAC, they might want to do it, but they might not have their money.
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