the lawsuit says that the american conservative union, the parent company to cpac, which employs matt schlapp, knew about at least two of the allegations against schlapp before they became public. but the lawsuit claims that the american conservative union has not only failed to remove mr. schlapp from his leadership position. they also failed to pursue any kind of investigation into the claims of sexual misconduct. and so, given that failure to do anything about the allegations, the american conservative union has now been added as a defendant in the matt schlapp sexual battery lawsuit. the organization has thus far spent upwards of $1 million on matt schlapp's legal fees, to defend himself in the sexual battery case. but they have meanwhile kept him in place to run the big annual anti-gay conference. because sure, that's fine, who will notice? here was the same matt schlapp, the head of cpac, speaking this weekend about how conservatives , in his mind, need to approach the election this year. >> this year at cpac, we had different groups that are signed up to do different things. and my cal

the walker campaign sent one of their midlevel staffers, a male strafer, to drive matt schlapp around. in the car, schlapp allegedly put his hand on the young man's leg and then moved his hand and began aggressively fondling the the staffer's genital area in a sustained fashion without the staffer's consent. staffer claims that mr. schlapp invited the staffer to his hotel room. he declined. early last year, that young man sued matt schlapp for sexual battery. and as that lawsuit has dragged on, more allegations of sexual misconduct against matt schlapp have come to light as part of discovery in the sexual battery lawsuit, lawyers for the republican campaign staffer discovered that in 2017 at a cpac party, schlapp allegedly attempted to kiss a male employee against his wishes. they also discovered that at a fund-raising event in 2022, mr. schlapp was accused of stripping down to his underwear and forgive me, rubbing against another person without his consent. now, mr. schlapp for his part has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. the lawsuit says the american conservative union, the pa

mercedes schlapp the wife of matt schlapp she was on the page.really something. the "new york post," francesca, former obama aid sound alarm over frail and mumbling biden warn his age as a real issue. i'm sure going out there means more missteps, more gaffes to start circuiting. if you don't view biden being out there as a net positive the argument he shouldn't be running is right. meanwhile former obama adviser dean pfeiffer dressed his own concerns in a issue it is a very real issue. clearly the white house sees this or the campaign sees this. and the question is how they are going to deal with it. >> so he has been trying to use humor as you just saw there to address the issue. and they have gotten more aggressive about pointing out trump's gaffes and missteps. >> bret: screwed up that one. >> especially on social media. to say, look, he has got all these issues as well. what i keep hearing from voters on the campaign trail consistently is that they are concerned about joe biden's age. they are also concerned about donald trump's age as well.

and so, you know, matt schlapp should be ashamed of himself. >> for a lot of reasons. >> for a lot of reasons, but he has no possibility of understanding just how corrupt and corrupted this is. once you're okay with nazis there, and they clearly like to see the pr damage, but the guys were in the facility, you know, giving the hiel hitler. one is too many. >> nazis have been marching in tennessee, marching in florida, in some cases carrying banners for desantis. he says nothing, they say nothing. let me play a compilation of some of what they were saying about immigration, because what's driving this, the nazis vote too, keep them in the tenlt attitude, is there is this hysteria about immigration. here they are at cpac talking about immigration. >> the immigration issue is extremely simple. seal the border, deport all the illegals. >> who the hell can win when you have 16 million people pouring into our country from places unknown? diseases nobody has ever even heard about. i'm sorry, i feel badly for the people, but we don't want to have this contagion in our country. >> our leaders

in the maga movement at cpac my friends matt and mercedes schlapp, all of you, we are all growing stronger and i am the strongest fighting these battles with you in my corner. i appreciate your prayers and your hopes and your love and i will never stop fighting for you. god bless you. god bless this great country. let's go get them. >> chair of the house republican conference. congresswoman elise stefanik. >> hello, cpac. i have two very important questions for you. are we ready to fire joe biden this november? and are we ready to elect president donald j. trump to save american? yes, we are. it's time to make history. we always say that every election is the most important election in our lifetime, but this election truly is it because in just three short years joe biden and the far left democrats have laid waste to our great nation. for the first time ever the majority of americans believe the next generation will be worse off than their parents. this is fundamentally not who we are. the american dream is being destroyed by the radical left, and we are in a country that's in crisis. from

in the maga movement at cpac my friends matt and mercedes schlapp, all of you, we are a

it is in part alive and well because of the tireless efforts of matt and mercedes schlapp. give them a round of applause. >> would you like us to leave now? rep. donalds: yes, you have to go now. i have to talk to the people. cpac, how is everything going? i have given a lot of speeches, but i have never given the opening speech. there is a lot of pressure appear. something -- a lot of pressure up here. something tells me you're going to get me through this. are you going to help me? a lot of key things that are ailing us around the globe. the thing that is hurting us more then anything is that we are divided here at home. we are divided as americans. we are definitely divided within political parties and political movements. i don't know if you been paying attention to the house of representatives. we are divided there too. the thing that secures the vision is leadership. it is not governance. it is not going along to get along. it is not saying nice things. it is leadership that actually helps secure those divides. the time has come in america again for us to reassert our

it is in part alive and well because of the tireless efforts of matt and mercedes schlapp.them a round of applause. >> would you like us to leave now? rep. donalds: yes, you have to go now. i have to talk to the people. cpac, how is everything going? i have given a lot of speeches, but i have never given the opening speech. there is a lot of pressure appear. something -- a lot of pressure up here. something tells me you're going to get me through this. are you going to help me? a lot of key things that are ailing us around the globe. the thing that is hurting us more then anything is that we are divided here at home. we are divided as americans. we are definitely divided within political parties and political movements. i don't know if you been paying attention to the house of representatives. we are divided there too. the thing that secures the vision is leadership. it is not governance. it is not going along to get along. it is not saying nice things. it is leadership that actually helps secure those divides. the time has come in america again for us to reassert ourselves