DeSantis, Pence to Be Absent From CPAC, Trump to Give Keynote Speech

Two of the four people most pegged for Presidential candidacy have declined their invitations to attend the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, which begins tomorrow.
It is the first time since COVID struck that America’s largest gathering of conservatives will meet in Washington.
A CPAC spokesperson informed ABC that Governor DeSantis, who has yet to announce his candidacy, has other plans. For one, today was the governor’s release of his new book called “The Courage to be Free,” a book marketed as “Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival.”
On Saturday (March 4), the Florida governor is scheduled to headline two Republican fundraisers in Texas. The next day, he will address a reception for the GOP of Orange County, California….}