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Jonathan Krohn at CPAC, 2013.

"Far less hokey and weird"

Jonathan Krohn
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX (AP/David J. Phillip)

Alex Seitz-Wald
(Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Alex Seitz-Wald
(Reuters/Mike Segar)

Alex Seitz-Wald
George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush (Reuters/David Manning)

You're wrong about Republicans

Jonathan Bernstein
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Romney to GOP: "I’m sorry"

Alex Seitz-Wald
(AP/Michael Conroy)

Alex Seitz-Wald
Michele Bachmann was just one of the invited speakers to the now-defunct July event. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Alex Seitz-Wald
Donald Trump speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: Mitt should've bragged

Alex Seitz-Wald
Terry Gilbert, left, kisses his husband Paul Beppler after wedding at Seattle City Hall, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP/Elaine Thompson)

"Bigotry has to be called out"

Alex Seitz-Wald
Sen. Rand Paul (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Rand winning right-wing confab

Alex Seitz-Wald
A man in Revolutionary War garb at CPAC 2013 (Alex Seitz-Wald)

Mini golf for freedom!

Alex Seitz-Wald
Rep. Allen West, R-Fla. (<span about='http://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/6877011667' xmlns:cc='http://creativecommons.org/ns#'><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/' rel='cc:attributionURL' target='_blank'>Gage Skidmore</a> / <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ rel='license' target='_blank'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a></span>)

Alex Seitz-Wald
(Adrienne Royer)

Katie McDonough
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