Fox News Digital on Saturday captured CPAC 2025 participants President Donald TrumpThe main speech to talk about the Republicans dominate the modern media story.
The Conference of Conservative Political Action is an annual meeting of conservative minds to discuss politics and hearing the leading votes in the party. CPAC dates from 1974, but it was Trump’s speech in 2017 that brought a conservative conference in its modern times.
Conservative media broke out in Trump’s years, and CPAC had these evidence this year on complete display. Media ranks, with space for all, from inherited major media to independent Podcaster, included several floors of the National Resort and the Gaylor Congress Center in the National port, Maryland, during the CPAC 2025.
Trump’s administration has accepted this new media landscape, mostly by the opening of a wounded “new media seat” in White house Press the room for influencers, subcasters, content creatives and independent journalists. The White House received thousands of media reports after the announcement for the Karolina Leavitt White House print last month.
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Fox News Digital captured CPAC 2025 participants about how conservatives exploit a new media landscape. (Fox News Digital)
“I think the variety of new media would be a great addition to the media landscape, and it was great to see them and in a jar jacket room. I think all new conservative influences that use channels like Tictok and Instagram have really connected with young people, and it’s obvious It was a new group in terms of demographics that President Trump was able to achieve this election, “CPAC told Kellie Lynch for Fox News Digital.
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Trump leaned into the area of Podcast during his 2024 presidential campaign under his son Gen Z, Barron Trump. Trump appeared on the “last weekend” Theo von, widely popular “Joe Rogan Experience” by Joe Rogan and “Imraulsive” Logan Paul. The episodes have collected millions of examinations, with as many as 26 million views on Rogan’s Podcast.
“I watched Joe Rogan,” said John Taber, a young CPAC participant, Fox News Digital said. “I listened to the interview of President Trump. I listened to the interview with JD Vance with Joe Rogan. I think it really talked to a demographic group that politicians are not usually discussed, both Republicans and Democrats. They saw hope in that interview. I think that’s the reason Many conservatives have destroyed President Trump. “
“It shows that Donald Trump was very open to his gaze. He doesn’t hide for anything, and he went to Podcast, not even knowing what to ask him, and he could answer,” Conservative Tictoker Harley Richards added.
“It’s a great strategy,” said the participant of CPAC -a Jacob Lee. “So many young people today are so hooked on the podcasts. They love the podcasts. They love Joea Rogan. They love Nelk Boys. They love all these interactive stars Podcasta that Kamala Harris and Democrats have not really gone. In my opinion they went to other podcs that are somehow inflammatory, but they are not engaged.
President Donald Trump participates in an annual meeting of conservative political actions at the National port, Maryland, February 2, 2025. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
The White House announced an official account for a quick response @quadresponse47 during Trump’s first month on duty, led by the director of the White House of Jake Schneider. The accounts unite the key moments of interviews, share fast facts and create titles to highlight Trump’s best moments and bring the worst Democrats.
“I follow the fast response of the Trump White House and it provides a great comment on what’s going on, and you can answer it and discuss with people who are not conservative. I find it very useful,” Taber said.
“Most of the youth groups are currently watching: social media. Most of the time they don’t get their news from more news sources,” Lee explained.
Tiffany Cianci,, who runs a social media channel called Tictok City Hall, told Fox that Trump “gave his presence in Tiktoca and saw the advantage of how he could connect it with his audience,” and that during the election cycle people “realized that they wanted it to want that responsibility “And” engagement with our politicians. “
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“Especially with the purchase of X and the re -platforms of Conservative Elon Musk who were previously platform when it was Twitter. I think it was great to see these voices re -amplify, and for free speech to return to X”. Said Lynch.
“It would be very difficult to say something before, even moderately conservative. Now, I can’t move to X, you know, two posts deep, without seeing something in accordance with conservatism,” another participant in CPAC, Daniel McBride, said.
President Donald Trump addresses the CPAC National port, Maryland, February 2, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
As social media changes more conservative, the inherited media also accept change. Bill Abbott, President and CEO Great American Media, spoke with Fox News Digital on Friday before his CPAC a board of faith, family And the future of the media. Recognizing the gap in the industry three years ago, the former Hallmark CEO launched his family media company.
Abbott, who attended the CPAC to meet his audience where they are where they are, said that viewers always enjoyed conservative media, but now, the requirements fulfill the increasing supply of conservative channels.
“I’m not really sure if it’s a shift or people now talk freely,” Abbott said. “I think in 2016 or 2017 was a huge fear that you could cancel yourself if you had a speech freedom or actually said something positive about the administration or the president or conservative. These values were largely Held in contempt. “
“Now, with elections and victory in the landslide, they obviously feel more comfortable expressing what they really think. So, I don’t think it’s so a shift, but I think most of the country has always been to this camp,” Abbott added.
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“He never dominated liberally,” Bode Brewer, a participant in the CPAC from Pennsylvania, echoed. “There was no conservative forces to raise people who were conservative. Conservatives were always there, they just never activated.”
