Jim DeMint to Join Boycott of CPAC by Some Socially Conservative Groups - Jim DeMint - Fox Nation
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January 21, 2011

Jim DeMint to Join Boycott of CPAC by Some Socially Conservative Groups

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His spokesman doesn't offer a specific reason, but it's not hard to figure out why a guy who famously insisted that "you can't be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative" might skip an event that now seems primed to test that theory.

"With leading conservatives organizations not participating this year, Senator DeMint will not be attending. He hopes to attend a unified CPAC next year," DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton said in an email.

 

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