It was the kind of opportunity to strike fear and loathing in the hearts of every liberal who had ventured into the restaurant in Washington DC.
Seated around the table for Kimberly Guilfoyle’s birthday dinner Thursday night was what Don Jr. described as a “MAGA wrecking crew” consisting of rising star Kari Lake, Rep. Matt Gaetz , Republican Brandon, and Britain’s Nigel Farage. , whose Brexit victory in 2016 presaged the arrival of Donald Trump on the world stage.
Video obtained by DailyMail.com shows how the group was in a rowdy mood after the first day of the annual rally of Trump-aligned Republicans at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference held just outside from the city.
And Don Jr and his fiancée were also celebrating the launch of recent shows on the Rumble streaming service.
When dessert arrived for Guilfoyle with a candle, they called out “Happy Birthday.”
A “MAGA wrecking crew” sang Happy Birthday to Kimberly Guilfoyle on Thursday night. Don Jr’s fiancée launched a new Rumble show this week and turns 54 next week
‘It’s a problem for the left. They don’t like that CPAC crowd,’ Donald Trump’s son Don Jr said after the Happy Birthday chorus on Thursday night
“Thank you baby,” said Guilfoyle, whose birthday is next week, after a round of applause.
“We’ve got a pretty good MAGA wrecking crew here,” Don Jr said, as his phone camera circles the table filled with some of the MAGA universe’s most popular – and most hated – characters. the liberal world. .
“That’s a problem for the left. They don’t like that CPAC crowd.
Partners, producers and publicists made up the table of around 20 people at the Monocle steak and seafood restaurant in Washington DC
In his speech to CPAC a day later, Don Jr hesitated to reveal the location. And described how he used the Public Square app to find a restaurant where MAGA luminaries would be welcome.
“I won’t mention the restaurant because they’ll probably be canceled if I do, but it was pretty cool for me,” he said.
“We go in, we’re with Kerry Lake and we’re with Matt Gaetz and Nigel Farage like they’re a pretty conservative team that probably would have struggled to eat in DC without getting yelled at.”
‘Now I’m doing fine. It’s good.
“But sometimes you just want to avoid it.
“And so we could see that we have an obligation to go out there and support those kinds of businesses.”
Around the table were Kari Lake, who continues to struggle with his election defeat in Arizona, and Nigel Farage, whose success in the 2016 Brexit referendum heralded a new populist era.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has been one of Trump’s strongest advocates in Congress
Donald Trump dominated the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland before he even spoke on Saturday
Trump is still the most lucrative figure for sellers. Only a handful of DeSantis hats were on display among the dozens and dozens of Trump-branded headwear
Public Square advertises itself as a way to avoid “supporting businesses with a woke agenda”.
“Join thousands of freedom-loving Americans by purchasing quality products, services, and exclusive discounts from values-aligned businesses,” its website says.
Farage was among the speakers on Friday. He said Thursday’s dinner was less about world domination and more about a birthday party.
“I would say last night was more fun,” he told DailyMail.com the next day. At this time of day, it was all about doing things the Farage way…especially after the day I’d had.
His flight from London to Washington was cancelled. He therefore flew to New York where he hastily presented his daily program for the GB News television channel, before completing his trip in Washington.
He said he attended his first CPAC event in 2012, when he was the only non-American speaker, and watched it grow into an international populist giant.
Donald Trump Jr. was another crowd favorite delivering a speech to attendees
Trump loyalist representative Matt Gaetz was among the speakers on Friday morning (seen here with Don Jr), a day before Trump closed the conference with a speech on Saturday evening
“CPAC has become the epicenter of the conservative movement in the western world,” he said.
“I feel very comfortable here. I am a foreigner but they treat me like one of their own.
Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, is among the speakers on Saturday.
And the event ends with a speech by Trump himself.
He’s had a bump in recent polls after DeSantis seemed to eat away at his frontrunner status, not even showing up yet.
A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Tuesday gave Trump an eight-point lead over the governor of Florida. DeSantis had been ahead of Trump in that poll for three months.
