CPAC 2025 report

Towards the end of February I would attend a political con called CPAC. This stands for Conservative Political Action Conference. 

This convention would take place not long after the newly re-elected Donald Trump pardoned most of those involved in the events of January 6, 2021. As a result, some of those would attend this con. Now there would come a point they would get kicked out, but after some backlash they were let back in. This is relevant to my report as we will see. 

Day 1

First day would be a good one overall. I get Tim Ballard for a second time. The Sound of Freedom movie is based on him. Then I go to the room where I would find the man behind one of the most iconic images of January 6, Richard Barnett better known as BigO. He was the one who put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk. He like others had been kicked out of the con only to be let back in later on. As I was trying to get the op the same guy that kicked him out earlier went up to him and wanted to kick him out again, and this time get him charged with criminal misdemeanor trespassing. 

After some back and forth with BigO saying he was let back in, the guy cleared it on his walkie talkie that he was indeed let back in. I then got the photo op with him. I then get MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell again plus autograph.

Get some other names then get a dual shot with Barry Ramey and Shane Jenkins of January 6 fame. I would also get the former Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki. Then in chaos by some miracle I get a photo op with the Argentinian president Javier Milei as he walked down the hallway. Also manage to score 2 autographs.

I get the PM of Slovakia Robert Fico, former British PM Liz Truss, and former Proud Boys leader and January 6er Enrique Tarrio who was slapped with a 22 year prison sentence! 

Richard Barnett AKA BigO

Javier Milei

Full list of Day 1 photo ops part 1

Full list of Day 1 photo ops part 2

Autographs

Day 2

This day at CPAC would start with Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro. I also got Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy. I also got Rob O'Neill (the man who claims to have shot Osama Bin Laden) again this time I got an autograph as well. 

I then got a group shot with five January 6ers, namely Michael Curzio, Jay Kenyon, Peter Schwartz, Timothy Hale, and Jessica Watkins. Got an update with actor Dean Cain. Got a photo op with the puppet Ask America With Edgar. 

Saw reality star Savannah Chrisley and got a photo op with her. She was super nice. Saw Oath Keeper founder and January 6ser Stewart Rhodes and got the photo op. Then a group photo op with 3 more January 6ers, namely Ethan Nordean, James Grant, and Mason Courson.

Went for some dinner and came back in the hopes of seeing people exit the banquet event of CPAC but didn't see much. Ended the evening with a photo op with Dana Rohrabacher.

Ask America With Edgar

Savannah Chrisley

Full list of Day 2 photo ops

Autograph

Day 3

This would be the weakest day for me. I start with January 6ers Brandon Fellows (who was ICE suited) and Jesus Rivera AKA JD. My first fail of the day I couldn't get border czar Tom Homan. He was mobbed and I couldn't get the op. 

I got opera singer Christopher Macchio and president of Poland Andrzej Duda. My second fail of the day I got blown off by Italian PM Andrzej Duda who was a want of mine. Her guards essentially mocked me and took my camera taking a photo of me as I tried to get an op with her. After this fail I left CPAC for a non-CPAC endeavor.

Full list of Day 3 photo ops