1. Matthew Aaron Schlapp was born on December 18,1967 and is an American political activist and lobbyist who is chairman of the American Conservative Union.
14 Facts About Matt Schlapp
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Matt Schlapp leads the lobbying firm Cove Strategies, which had strong ties to the Donald Trump administration.
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Matt Schlapp is married to Mercedes Schlapp, who was President Donald Trump's Director of Strategic Communications.
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Matt Schlapp earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, and went on to earn a Master's degree in public policy from Wichita State University.
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Matt Schlapp began his political career in 1994 and worked five years as a press secretary, campaign manager, and chief of staff for Representative Todd Tiahrt.
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Matt Schlapp worked on the 2000 political campaign of George W Bush, serving as a regional political director with oversight of Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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On June 19,2014, Matt Schlapp was unanimously elected chairman of the American Conservative Union.
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Matt Schlapp claimed that 9,000 votes were improperly cast in Nevada; PolitiFact rated his claim with a "Pants On Fire" rating.
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Matt Schlapp signed the Madrid Charter, a document drafted by the conservative Spanish political party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".
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Matt Schlapp is the ninth chairman of the American Conservative Union.
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Matt Schlapp chaired the Conservative Political Action Committee, normally an unpaid position.
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In January 2023, a campaign staffer for Herschel Walker's US Senate campaign alleged that Matt Schlapp groped him in October 2022 after Matt Schlapp had been drinking.
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Matt Schlapp married Mercedes Matt Schlapp, whom he met while they both worked at the White House, where she was the director of specialty media.
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Matt Schlapp is a supporter of Israel and the Zionist movement.