CPAC’s Call for Twitter Questions Backfires Big Time

Early Thursday morning, before CPAC 2015 officially got underway, the annual conservative conference’s official Twitter account put out this good-natured call for questions:

Have a question for a speaker for any of the sessions? Use our hashtag, #CPACQ, to send in your question. #CPAC2015 pic.twitter.com/tJiJ6dkWC3

— CPAC (@CPACnews) February 26, 2015

But, as anyone could have expected, the hashtag quickly became dominated by those with slightly different intentions. Here are just a few of them (Hint: there are a lot of them):

Is net neutrality is part of a socialist agenda to destroy America? Clearly you all have a better grasp of the interwebs than most #CPACQ

— Sean Frazier (@shuxclams) February 26, 2015

Why do open carry laws not seem to apply to black people? #CPACQ

— Dan Balaban (@dascobal) February 26, 2015

How do I get my school district to stop teaching my kids about evolution, dinosaurs and other sciencey stuff ? #Jesus #CPACQ

— LeftDial (@LeftDial) February 26, 2015

How do I reconcile my hatred of democracy with my love for America? #CPACQ

— Amply Turnt Bryan (@DeLasCacas) February 26, 2015

Why does the conservative movement preach small government, but push for Federal oversight of women's rights and marriage equality? #CPACQ

— Harris Walker (@TheHarrisWalker) February 26, 2015

Is Obama an Evil Tyrant, Imposing His Agenda on America By Himself? Or a Lazy, Incompetent, Affirmative Action Buffoon? I'm confused. #CPACQ

— J-S Poupart (@jspoupart) February 26, 2015

I saw someone criticizing America. Does the Ministry of Information have forms online or do I have to go in person to make a report? #CPACQ

— Ken Simon (@KenSimonSays) February 26, 2015

Why is the GOP Congress 94% Male & 90% +white? #CPACQ pic.twitter.com/RLARnxrDKe

— DuneMyThing (@Kris_SacreBleu) February 26, 2015

If a brown person moves into my neighborhood…do you have specs for the giant wooden cross? related: is Macy's having a white sale? #CPACQ

— JustJanis (@jsavite) February 26, 2015

What is the best way to convince people I'm actually a Christian while also arguing to cut assistance to the poor and elderly? #CPACQ

— Honest Abe (@AbrahamL1nx) February 26, 2015

Was asking Twitter for CPAC conference questions as good an idea as having Sarah Palin run for VP or is it even better? #CPACQ

— Meghan Maguire (@meghative) February 26, 2015

To see how CPAC’s speaker are ignoring the questions above, watch live streaming coverage of the event here.

[h/t Raw Story]
[Photo via Twitter]

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