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Matt Schlapp
Conservative pundit, chairman of the American Conservative Union
Matt Schlapp is a pro-Trump commentator and chairman of the American Conservative Union, which produces the annual Conservative Political Action Conference and sometimes features far-right extremists. Schlapp has gone all-out to defend the Trump administration -- where his wife Mercedes Schlapp works in the communication office -- from numerous scandals, controversies, and investigations.