Trump Dominates CPAC. But Young Conservatives Whisper ‘We Want Someone Else.’
Supporters of former president Donald Trump attend the Conservative Political Action Coalition in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023. (Roberto Schmidt via Getty Images)
‘I like Nikki Haley,’ one 18-year-old attendee quietly confided to me.
Audrey Riesbeck is in line to hear former president Donald Trump speak, sandwiched between women in t-shirts declaring “Fake media is the virus” and men chanting “Meatball Ron”—a dig at Trump’s would-be challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
An 18-year-old high school valedictorian from near Dayton, Ohio, sporting a pink power suit, Riesbeck looks a…
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