On March 4, 2023, conservative activist Laura Loomer sounded the alarms on how the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) allowed for a giant, inflatable Trump rat to present at the conference. The Trump rat was set up ahead of Trump’s speech on March 4.
Loomer tweeted, “What the hell is wrong with@CPAC ?? They have a giant Trump rat there ahead of President Trump speaking.”
She added, “The Trump RAT that was allowed inside @CPAC and set up at CPAC was done so by a Leftist political operative named Claude Taylor who runs a PAC called MadDogPac. Here he is bragging about it on Twitter yesterday. Why did CPAC allow this person inside? This seems deliberate.”