At CPAC, the Veepstakes Take Center Stage

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From left to right: South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), and Vivek Ramaswamy

Jonathan Ernst, Ken Cedeno, Sergio Flores/Reuters

Oxon Hill, Maryland — When trying to get someone’s attention in either public or in private, one psychological trick can come in handy: invoking the person’s name on repeat.

House GOP conference chair and vice-presidential hopeful Elise Stefanik certainly took that advice to heart onstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday afternoon, when the moderate-turned-MAGA darling mentioned former President Donald Trump by name nearly two dozen times within the span of 18 minutes.

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