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2/15/15, "Exclusive — Nigel Farage of UKIP Crosses the Pond to Speak at CPAC," Breitbart, Matthew Boyle
"United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage will
cross the pond at the end of February to speak at the Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative
Union (ACU) just outside Washington, D.C., Breitbart News has learned
exclusively.
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“I am very excited to be coming to speak to so many freedom-loving
individuals at CPAC this year – and I consider it an honour to do so,”
Farage said in an emailed statement to Breitbart News. “In Britain, we
are fighting against the creation of a client-state, against rampant
corporatism, against a career political class that services vested
interests and has forgotten about the world outside of their cosy,
Westminster bubble. I understand that in the United States, the fight
isn’t all that different. I look forward to meeting attendees and
guests, and discussing how together, we can refuse to simply ‘manage
decline’ and how we can alter the trajectory of our once great nations.”
CPAC will be held from Feb. 25 through Feb. 28 at the Gaylord
National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland,
just outside of Washington, D.C.
ACU chairman Matt Schlapp is elated that Farage is coming,
saying that his presence in the international conservative movement is a
warning to the GOP establishment in Washington....
Confirmed speakers who are potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates
include Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Gov.
Sarah Palin, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker,
Dr. Ben Carson, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), real
estate magnate and reality television star Donald Trump, and former
Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
Other high-profile confirmed speakers include Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC),
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Media Research Center president Brent Bozell,
radio host Mark Levin, Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
(R-TN), and more.
Farage’s party has been on the march in the United Kingdom amid a
political environment where both major parties—the Conservatives, also
known as the Tories, and the Labour Party—have ignored the grassroots.
UKIP as a party has been around for more than a decade, but it’s this
past couple years where the anger at the political class has
transformed it into a tour de force as a viable option for voters upset
with the establishment.
In a recent interview with Breitbart News
on a trip to the United States this past fall, Farage said that U.S.
conservatives seem to be going through the exact same problems with the
political establishment—especially on the key issues UKIP is winning on
in the U.K., including immigration and national security. Farage also
said that if the GOP establishment in the United States doesn’t back
down and let conservatives control the direction of the party, there may
be a need for a U.S. version of UKIP to send the Republican National
Committee (RNC) the way of the Whigs.
“I have no idea what the Republican Party stands for,” Farage said in
the interview at the Breitbart News Capitol Hill headquarters in
Washington, D.C. “I meet lots of individuals within it who want it to
say one thing or another, but collectively it’s pretty blurry, it’s
pretty unclear. If I was living over here, I would say to myself alright
number one we’ve got to reclaim our party–we’ve got to take it away
from being safe and establishment, because that way you’re never going
to win because the Democrats have certain built-in advantages. If you
are unable to reclaim your party, you might have to do a UKIP.”" via Free Rep.
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