Friday Main Stage at CPAC USA 2026

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9:00 – 9:10 AM

Starting Off Right

Speakers:

• Rabbi Daniel Lapin — Prayer

• Pledge of Allegiance — Veronica Birkenstock

• Christina Kaplan, Christian Artist — National Anthem

9:10 – 9:30 AM

No Nukes For Jihad: A Fireside Chat With Amb. Mark Wallace

Speakers:

• Rich Valdes, Host of “This America” with Rich Valdes

• Amb. Mark Wallace, CEO, United Against Nuclear Iran

  
  

9:30 – 10:05 AM

Candidate Roundup

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp CPAC Chairman

• Betsy McCaughey, Former Lt. Governor of New York

• Brendan Herrera, The AK Guy

• David Flippo, Lt. Col, Air Force

• Joe Mitchell, Regional Director for HUD, Great Plains Region

• Mike Lindell, CEO, MyPillow

• Rick Roth - Former Florida State Rep.,  (CPAC Rating: 92%)

• John Wahl, Alabama GOP Chairman

  
  

10:05 – 10:12 AM

K-Pop Communist Hunters

Speakers:

• The Honorable Hwang Kyo-ahn, Former Prime Minister of South Korea

• Jennifer Haeyun Cho, Interpreter

  
  

10:12 – 10:32 AM

Defeating Communism, and We Mean It

Speakers:

• Gordon Chang, CPAC Board Member

• The Honorable Sara Carter, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

• Ambassador Carla Sands, Chair, Foreign Policy Initiative, AFPI

• Franklin Camargo, PragerU Media Personality

  
  

10:32 – 10:52 AM

Don't Sharia My Texas

Speakers:

• Carl Higbie, Host of Carl Higbie Frontline

• Matthew Foldi, Editor-in-Chief, The Washington Reporter

• Bo French, Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner

• Jenny Story, COO, Patriot Mobile

  
  

10:52 - 11:05 AM

Remembering Charlie

Speaker:

• Jack Posobiec, Host, Human Events Daily

  
  

11:05– 11:25 AM

Welcome to Texas

Speakers:

• Governor Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas (CPAC Rating: 87%)

• Senator Bryan Hughes, Texas State Senator (CPAC Rating: 97%)

  
  

11:25 – 11:45 AM

Jihad Juggernaut: Ending Christian Persecution

Speakers:

• Jack Brewer, CPAC Board Member

• Sarah Makin, Human Rights Advocate & Filmmaker

• Franc Utoo, Nigerian Attorney, Equipping the Persecuted

• Grace Jin Drexel, Daughter of Pastor Ezra Jin

  
  

11:45 AM – 12:05 PM

Can't We All Just Get Along

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman

• Michael Knowles, Host, The Michael Knowles Show

  
  

12:05– 12:25 PM

Cigars, Steaks, and Ivermectin: A MAHA Survival Guide

Speakers:

• Dr. Gina Loudon, Host, American Sunrise

• Dr. Brooke Miller, CPAC Board Member

• Luke Branquinho, Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer

• Barbara Lowry, Homeopathy Advocate

  
  

12:25 – 12:45 PM

The Obscene Nonprofits of AARP

Speakers:

• Tim Doescher, Executive Director of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity

• Steve Moore, Economist

• Tim Lee, Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, Center for Individual Freedom

• Andrew Langer - Director, CPAC Center for Regulatory Freedom

  
  

12:45 – 12:55 PM

Speech from Brandon Straka

Speaker:

• Brandon Straka, Founder, #WalkAway Campaign

  
  

12:55 - 1:05 PM

Peace Room

Speaker:

• Steve Bannon, Host, of the War Room

  
  

1:05 - 1:25 PM 

What Chrisley Knows Now

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow 

• Todd Chrisley

  
  

1:25 – 1:45 PM

Breaking Stuff and Killing Bad Guys: The Case for Western Military Dominance

Speakers:

• Gordon Chang, CPAC Board Member

• Erik Prince, CPAC Board Member

• Jason Redman, Retired Navy SEAL

• Chad Robichaux, Founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation

1:45 – 2:05 PM The Diplomat: A Conversation with Ambassador Richard A. Grenell

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow 

• Amb. Richard Grenell, Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions of the United States

  
  

2:05 – 2:30 PM

This One's for George Soros

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, Chairman, CPAC

• Andrew Cooper, Co-founder and Host of CPAC Australia

• Jay Aeba, Chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union

• Eduardo Bolsonaro, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

• Magor Ernyei, International Director, CPAC Hungary

• Liz Truss, Former Prime Minister, UK

• George Weinberg, President of Grundwert USA

  
  

2:30 – 2:50 PM

A Conversation with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr

Speakers:

• Julie Strauss Levin, General Counsel for America First Legal Foundation

• The Honorable Brendan Carr, FCC Chairman

  
  

2:50 – 3:10 PM

CPAC Prison Break

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman 

• Alice Johnson, White House Pardon Czar 

• Hollie Nadel, Director of Advocacy and Engagement at 3strands Global Foundation

• Jeremy Young Hutchinson, Former Arkansas State Senator

3:10 – 3:25 PM

The President Will Sue You Now: How the Legacy Media was Defeated

Speakers:

• Larry O’Connor, Editor, Townhall.com

• Xaviaer DuRousseau, PragerU Personality

• ALX, Executive Producer of “The Benny Show”

  
  

3:25 – 3:45 PM

The Censorship Industrial Complex

Speakers:

• Amber Duke, Senior Editor, Daily Caller

• Mike Benz, Executive Director, Foundation for Freedom Online

• Dr. Robert Malone

  
  

3:45 – 4:00 PM

Living on Tulsa Time: The Red State Economic Turnaround

Speakers:

• The Honorable Matt Schlapp, CPAC Chairman

• Rep. Kevin Hern, U.S. Congressman

  
  

4:00 – 4:15 PM

Comer vs The Clintons

Speakers:

• The Honorable Mercedes Schlapp, CPAC Senior Fellow 

• Rep. James Comer, U.S. Congressman, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability