Culture Warriors: Take your Truce and Shove it - CPAC in DC 2025

At CPAC in DC 2025, a panel featuring Terry Schilling, President of the American Principles Project, Penny Nance, CEO and President of Concerned Women for America, and Second Vice Chairman Matt Smith discussed the role of women and family values in President Donald Trump’s second term, emphasizing his early actions as a champion of conservative principles.

One month into Trump’s presidency, the panel reflected on his accomplishments. The host, Matt Smith, opened by asking, “Where has President Trump made you proud this first month?”

Nance praised Trump as “the most pro-life and pro-woman President America has ever had.”

In just his first month in office, he pushed back on the Left's war on women with Executive Order 14201 that protected women's sports from transgender biological males. Trump also stood up for life and family values with landmark pardons to more than 20 individuals who exercised their First Amendment right to protest and pray outside abortion clinics.

Terry Schilling called him “the most pro-family President, period.”

The panel also addressed cultural challenges, referencing Vice President JD Vance’s earlier CPAC speech on the subversion of masculinity. Schilling criticized media and Hollywood for redefining masculinity as “toxic,” arguing that young men face unprecedented attacks on their identity. Nance added that figures like Andrew Tate, who glorify pornography and the commodification of women while rejecting family values, represent a harmful reaction to these cultural shifts.

The discussion underscored a broader theme at CPAC in DC 2025: a rejection of compromise on conservative principles. With Trump’s second term underway, the panelists expressed confidence that his administration will continue to prioritize family values and resist progressive cultural narratives.