The Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest right-wing convention in the country, kicked off this morning’s show with an all-star lineup. There were members of Congress like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), a Republican lieutenant governor from North Carolina, and a former director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
And then there was a panel slugged “Catfight: Michelle vs Kamala.”
For 25 minutes, a panel of right-wing media figures including Breitbart’s Matt Boyle and Townhall’s Kurt Schlichter warned the audience that Democrats are hatching a nefarious scheme to oust a “senile” Joe Biden in favor of installing former First Lady Michelle Obama as the party’s presidential nominee at the convention this summer. “They could make the switch and they could position Michelle as the reluctant candidate who really didn’t want to do this but needs to do it to save her country,” predicted Monica Crowley, a former Fox News contributor who served as assistant secretary for public affairs at the Treasury Department during the Trump administration. “She only would have to run for 10 weeks to November 5.”
Stephanie Mencimer is a staff reporter in Mother Jones‘ Washington bureau.
