WATCH LIVE: Far Right Gathers At CPAC

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Today Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) address the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. D.C. The event is a yearly celebration of conservatism, where the right’s political celebrities convene to express affection for balanced budget amendments, tax breaks and Ronald Reagan, while calling for perpetual war against “secular socialism.”

Already, former congressman Allen West has explained that liberals fear black conservatives, current congressman Steve King (R-IA) said there will not be a law mandating universal background checks for guns, and Louis Gohmert (R-TX) said the U.S. could have won the Vietnam war.

You can watch the event live above, without having to comply with the CPAC dress code.

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