发布时间：2026年3月26日，美国东部时间下午7:04 | 来源：CNN政治版
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[埃里克·布拉德纳]，[史蒂夫·康托诺]
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得克萨斯州葡萄藤——
帮助唐纳德·特朗普总统在2024年重返白宫的运动，如今在对伊朗战争、特朗普与以色列的关系、政府对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案件文件的处理，以及部分核心人物之间的分裂等问题上出现了分歧。
但在得克萨斯州保守派政治行动大会（CPAC）活动的首日，所有这些争议都被搁置一旁。
2026年CPAC首日在很大程度上是为特朗普总统举办的一场鼓劲集会，众多演讲者和小组成员对总统的政策赞不绝口，对“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动的内部分歧则轻描淡写。
以督促保守派斗争为职业信条的MAGA人物，包括亲特朗普评论员本尼·约翰逊（Benny Johnson），告诉与会者要搁置彼此分歧，专注于民主党人和即将到来的中期选举。
“你们的敌人不是运动内部那些有诚意分歧的人，”他说，“你们的敌人是马克思主义者，他们将在中期选举和2028年大选中猛烈攻击我们。”
受特朗普支持者欢迎的特朗普政府核心人物，包括即将卸任的边境巡逻官员格雷戈里·博维诺（Gregory Bovino）和边境问题负责人汤姆·霍曼（Tom Homan），受到了明星般的接待。
来自海外的保守派人士，包括英国的莉兹·特拉斯（Liz Truss），也出席了会议，赞扬总统并重复他的标志性言论。特拉斯警告称“美国仍存在深层政府（Deep State）”，并敦促保守派在掌权时“将其清除”。
特朗普政府颇具争议的决策，包括对所谓走私毒品船只的军事打击，也受到了赞扬。
“我喜欢看他们炸毁那些船只，”特朗普第一任白宫资深顾问、CPAC联合主席梅赛德斯·施拉普（Mercedes Schlapp）表示，“每次那些贩毒恐怖分子的船只被炸沉，我就想：再来一次！”
以下是CPAC首日的其他关键要点：
中期选举信息全围绕特朗普
前共和党全国委员会主席迈克尔·惠特利（Michael Whatley），作为北卡罗来纳州参议员选举的热门候选人，正在与民主党前州长罗伊·库珀（Roy Cooper）竞争，这是美国最具竞争力的州之一。
但周四下午走上CPAC讲台时，他并未表现出通过走中间路线获胜的可能性。
惠特利向保守派表示，他将在参议院成为“特朗普的盟友”。他还吹捧总统的议程，将库珀描述为“清醒派（woke）的忠实成员”，指责其政府削弱了联邦移民执法力度。
“特朗普总统的议程确实是我们当前的核心议程。”惠特利说。
他还将缅因州温和派共和党议员苏珊·柯林斯（Susan Collins），以及俄亥俄州现任议员乔恩·哈斯特德（Jon Husted）、密歇根州前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers），以及德克萨斯州、爱荷华州和肯塔基州竞选中的共和党人，都列为特朗普的支持者。
“在这些关键战场州，共和党人都在推行‘美国优先’的议程，我们在推行特朗普总统的议程。”惠特利强调。
与此同时，前佛罗里达州众议员马特·盖茨（Matt Gaetz）表示，无论中期选举结果如何，共和党至少将在未来九个月内控制国会，并批评共和党领导层未能充分利用现有权力。
“我们有多数席位，我认为应该让它发挥作用。”他说，“如果一个女性可以怀孕九个月，那么国会共和党人至少可以拿出几个想法呈给特朗普总统。”
司法部副部长吹捧弗林和解案
司法部副部长托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）周四在CPAC讲台上大力宣传本周与迈克尔·弗林（Michael Flynn）的和解协议，他承认右翼压力要求纠正保守派眼中的“错误起诉”。
“我们昨天与弗林将军达成和解，帮他追回了大量损失的资金。”布兰奇谈到特朗普前国家安全顾问时表示，弗林曾起诉政府，指控其错误起诉并索赔数百万美元。
司法部因处理杰弗里·爱泼斯坦案件文件受到保守派批评，但这一争议在周四的会议上未被提及。布兰奇告诉保守派，他、司法部长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）和特朗普“正在改变现状”。
他还称，特朗普政府现任成员担心，如果民主党人在2028年赢得总统职位，“我们都会被调查和起诉”。
布兰奇誓言，“正义终将降临”于在特朗普第一任期和第二任期之间起诉他的人，包括起诉特朗普34项商业记录伪造重罪的曼哈顿地方检察官阿尔文·布拉格（Alvin Bragg），以及起诉特朗普试图推翻2020年佐治亚州选举结果的富尔顿县地方检察官法妮·威利斯（Fani Willis）。
“司法部长和我，每周七天，每天都在专注于实现正义，而正义必将到来。”布兰奇说。
一年之后，氛围迥异
一年前，保守派在华盛顿特区外的CPAC聚会上庆祝选举胜利。科技亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克戴着墨镜，在台上挥舞电锯，特朗普则宣称他的运动“蓬勃发展，在华盛顿无所畏惧”。
但2026年达拉斯郊外的大会首日，这种热烈氛围荡然无存。取而代之的是一种明显压抑的基调：对伊朗战争的不安、对特朗普移民政策效力的疑虑，以及对民主党日益扩大的支持优势的普遍担忧。
“我们没有围绕真正的议程团结起来，没有推动公众关心的实际问题。”佛罗里达大学法学院学生沙尚克·亚拉曼奇（Shashank Yalamanchi）表示，“通常我们推动的都是老生常谈的议题，人们想要看到新想法、大动作。”
部分原因可能是今年活动缺乏明星阵容：特朗普首次缺席CPAC（自2016年以来），去年演讲的副总统JD·万斯（JD Vance）也未在日程中，尽管马斯克将公司总部设在美国，但也未出席。
由于名人缺席，会议大厅内数十个座位空置，演讲者有时需要鼓励观众互动。梅赛德斯·施拉普甚至在有人提及前总统拜登时，要求人群发出嘘声。
对当地政治顾问凯尔·西尔斯（Kyle Sills）而言，这种环境恰恰印证了共和党人在中期选举中最担心的问题：自满。
“党内充满争吵和内斗，”他说，“我们应该团结起来，看看能做些什么。”
CNN记者大卫·赖特（David Wright）对本文亦有贡献。
Takeaways from Day 1 of CPAC 2026 | CNN Politics
PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2026, 7:04 PM ET | CNN Politics
By
[Eric Bradner]
,
[Steve Contorno]
31 min ago
Grapevine, Texas—
The movement that helped return [President Donald Trump] to the White House in 2024 is split over the war with Iran and Trump’s relationship with Israel, the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, fractures among some of its most prominent personalities and more.
But all of that was on the backburner on [the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference’s gathering] of activists and leaders in Texas.
Day one of CPAC was largely a pep rally for Trump, with a long line of speakers and panelists gushing over the president’s policies and glossing over the “Make America Great Again” movement’s divisions.
MAGA figures who have built their careers on urging conservatives to fight, including pro-Trump commentator Benny Johnson, told attendees to set aside their differences with each other and focus on Democrats and the upcoming midterm elections.
“Your enemy is not the people that you have good-faith disagreement with inside your movement,” he said. “Your enemy is the Marxists, and they’re going to be running against us hard in the midterms and in 2028.”
Prominent Trump administration figures popular with his base, including [retiring Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino] and border czar Tom Homan, got rock star receptions.
Conservatives from overseas — including Britain’s Liz Truss — showed up to praise the president and echo his familiar lines. Truss warned that “there is still a deep state here in America,” and urged conservatives to “remove them” while they are in power.
And controversial Trump decisions, including military strikes on boats his administration says are being used to smuggle drugs, were hailed.
“I love when they blow up those boats,” said Mercedes Schlapp, a veteran of the first Trump White House and co-leader of CPAC. “Every time there is one of those narco terrorist boats blown up, I’m like, yes, let’s do it again!”
Here are some other key takeaways from the first day of CPAC:
Midterm message is all about Trump
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, the party’s nominee in [the marquee Senate race] in North Carolina, is battling against a popular former governor in Democrat Roy Cooper in one of the nation’s most competitive states.
But there was no indication he believes there’s a path to victory by tacking to the political center when he took the CPAC stage Thursday afternoon.
Republican US Senate candidate Michael Whatley attends the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine, Texas, on March 26.
Daniel Cole/Reuters
Whatley told conservatives he’d be “an ally for Trump” in the Senate. He also touted the president’s agenda, casting Cooper as a “card-carrying member of the woke mob” whose administration undercut federal immigration enforcement efforts.
“President Trump’s agenda is really, truly the agenda that’s driving us right now,” Whatley said.
He also described Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican who is poised to face a stiff challenge this fall, as well as several other Republicans in competitive Senate races — Ohio incumbent Jon Husted, former US Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan and Republicans competing in primaries in the Texas, Iowa and Kentucky races — as supporters of Trump.
“Every single one of these battleground states — the Republicans are running on an America first agenda. We’re running on President Trump’s agenda,” Whatley said.
Meanwhile, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said regardless of how the midterms shake out, Republicans will control Congress for at least nine more months and he criticized GOP leaders for not doing more to flex their power for as long as they have it.
“We have a majority. I think we should take it out for a spin,” he said. “If a woman can bake a baby inside her belly for nine months, certainly congressional Republicans could bake up a few ideas to put on President Trump’s desk.”
Deputy AG touts Flynn settlement
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche touted [this week’s settlement with Michael Flynn] on the CPAC stage Thursday as he acknowledged pressure from the right to fix what conservatives see as wrongful prosecutions.
“We were able to settle with General Flynn yesterday and get him back a lot of the money that he lost,” Blanche said of Trump’s former national security adviser, who had sued the government for millions of dollars over what he alleged to be a wrongful prosecution.
The Justice Department has faced criticism from conservatives over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files — a reality that wasn’t brought up Thursday. Blanche told conservatives that he, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump “are changing things.”
He also said that current members of Trump’s administration are afraid that if a Democrat wins the presidency in 2028, “we’re all going to be investigated and indicted.”
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, and Todd Blanche, US deputy attorney general, speak during the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Grapevine, Texas, on March 26.
Daniel Cole/Reuters
And Blanche vowed that “justice” would come to those who had prosecuted Trump between his first and second terms in the White House — including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who [led the successful prosecution of Trump] on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, [who prosecuted Trump] over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
“The attorney general and myself, every day, seven days a week, are focused on bringing justice, and it will come,” Blanche said.
A year later, a different mood
A year ago, conservatives gathered for CPAC outside Washington, DC, to bask in their electoral success. Tech billionaire Elon Musk wore dark shades and wielded a chainsaw on stage and Trump declared his movement was “thriving, fighting, winning and dominating Washington like never before.”
But on the opening day of the 2026 gathering outside Dallas, there was little sign of that electric atmosphere. Instead, a decidedly more subdued event kicked off under a cloud of angst: Unease with the war with Iran, misgivings about the effectiveness of Trump’s immigration crackdown and general fear about a growing enthusiasm gap with Democrats.
“We’re not united behind a real agenda, united behind real issues that we’re pushing to the public,” said Shashank Yalamanchi, a University of Florida law student. “Usually when we do push issues, it’s the same old tired thing that people have been talking about for years. So I think people want to see new things, they want to see bold things.”
Perhaps some of the malaise can be attributed to the lack of star power at this year’s event. Trump is expected to skip the event for the first time since 2016. Vice President JD Vance, who spoke last year, also isn’t on the schedule. And while Musk may run his companies out of Texas, he won’t be here either.
In their absence, dozens of seats remained empty inside the conference hall on Thursday and speakers at times had to encourage the audience to engage. At one point, Mercedes Schlapp had to prod the crowd to boo when someone mentioned former President Joe Biden.
For Kyle Sills, a local political consultant, the environment matched his biggest concern for Republicans entering the midterms: complacency.
“There’s a lot of bickering and infighting going on,” he said. “And I think it’s time we come together and let’s see what we can do.”
CNN’s David Wright contributed to this report.