Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has been attempting to get out in front of other potential GOP presidential candidates in the fight for the Christian evangelical vote, will speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.
As The Washington Examiner reports, CPAC officials today confirmed that Jindal—who recently visited Iowa and is helping to host a prayer event Jan. 24 at LSU—will speak at the expanded, four-day meeting scheduled for Feb. 25-28.
“I am honored to return to CPAC to address the several thousand conservative activists and students who are making a difference across America,” Jindal says in a prepared statement. “For more than 40 years CPAC has been our conservative movement’s family reunion. This year’s redesigned CPAC is certain to motivate and energize conservatives like never before to have an impact on their campuses and in their communities and I look forward to being a part of it.”
Jindal was praised as a “hard-charging reformer” and conservative by American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp. The ACU runs CPAC.
“Gov. Bobby Jindal has a distinguished record of public service and in each post he has earned a reputation as a hard-charging reformer,” he says, adding, “I am proud to consider him a friend, and I know the conservative activists at CPAC 2015 are eager to hear about his plans for the future.”
Others speaking at the summit include Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Sen. Rand Paul, former business executive Carly Fiorina, Sen. Tim Scott, and talk show giants Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham. Read the full story.
