On Friday, President Donald J. Trump became the first Republican president to speak at CPAC during his first year in office since Ronald Reagan. President Trump’s speech was a bold, yet powerful call to action to conservatives around the country as he not only promoted his agenda but went after those in the liberal media trying to destroy his presidency.
While the room at CPAC was full of raucous supporters, some far-left wing activists tried to disrupt President Trump’s speech, but failed miserably.
The Daily Caller reports that a far-left group called Americans Take Action, headed by a man named Ryan Clayton, who passed out mini Russian flags with the word “Trump” printed on one side prior to the president’s speech:
Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them. pic.twitter.com/YhPpkwFCNc
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) February 24, 2017
From The Daily Caller:
A left-wing political operative with a history of shady activities was kicked out of CPAC on Friday after he distributed Russian flags to audience members ahead of President Trump’s speech there.
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Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe first pointed out on social media that Clayton distributed the flags. The Daily Mail’s David Martosko confirmed that CPAC removed him from the venue.
Clayton is the head of Americans Take Action, a mysterious left-wing activist group that seeks to reform the electoral system. He is also the executive director of Wolf PAC, a progressive political action committee that was founded by Cenk Uygar, the founder of the popular online show, The Young Turks.
Clayton has a long history questionable political shenanigans. The Daily Caller reported in December that he was behind a failed attempt to pressure Republican electors into ditching Trump during the electoral college vote.
O’Keefe went to Twitter to post a video of the far-left activist being removed by security from CPAC:
Ryan Clayton, @Project_Veritas nemesis gets kicked out of @realDonaldTrump speech at #CPAC for handing out Russian flags. pic.twitter.com/0rLgeqIC3A
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) February 24, 2017
Liberals continue to peddle the false narrative that President Trump has Russian ties and that his campaign colluded with the Russian government to sway the 2016 election so Clayton’s disgusting stunt shouldn’t be much of a surprise.
Kudos to CPAC officials for quickly identifying the far-left activist behind the anti-Trump stump and swiftly removing him from the grounds!
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