Donald Trump cancelled his Saturday morning speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban Washington, D.C., the conference announced on Twitter on Friday.
Very disappointed @realDonaldTrump has decided at the last minute to drop out of #CPAC — his choice sends a clear message to conservatives.
— CPAC (@CPAC) March 4, 2016
The Trump campaign confirmed in a Friday statement that he will not speak at the conference, and will instead hold a rally in Kansas:
The Donald J. Trump for President Campaign has just announced it will be in Witchita, Kanasas for a major rally on Saturday prior to Caucus. He will also be speaking at the Kansas Caucus and then departing for Orlando, Florida and a crowd of approximately 20,000 people or more. Because of this, he will not be able to speak at CPAC as he has done for many consecutive years. Mr. Trump would like to thank Matt Schlapp and all of the executives at CPAC and looks forward to returning to next year, hopefully as President of the United States.
The conference typically draws in the Republican base, and all of the other remaining Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak at the conference either on Friday or Saturday.
Why Kansas? We don’t want him here.
Update: "The Trump plane is taking off and is on its way to New Orleans today"
His penis likely overruled campaign staff wishes he fulfill the CPAC appearance.
Clear message:
I can do anything I want and you will still vote for me.
My third-party-run bone is twitching. The more the GOP establishment takes shots at him the more likely he will jump ship. On the one hand I think the Party is hoping that is the case. But they should have done that months ago. At this point, he could seriously start a viable third party and ruin the GOP for many cycles to come. Any way you slice it, the GOP has baked a shit cake.