--- title: Ken Bone to Attend Conservative Political Action Conference description: Former Internet star Ken Bone will be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, he announced Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/4677579/ken-bone-cpac/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-21T19:47:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:44:34.311Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ken Bone Is Going to Appear at CPAC og:description: The Conservative Political Action Conference will features a speeches from President Trump og:url: https://time.com/4677579/ken-bone-cpac/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69837decd848a32/6988bb364dd215313befdd7b/ken-bone.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Disney And Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange" - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ken Bone Is Going to Appear at CPAC twitter:description: The Conservative Political Action Conference will features a speeches from President Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69837decd848a32/6988bb364dd215313befdd7b/ken-bone.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ken Bone Is Going to Appear at CPAC > Sponsored content. 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Ken Bone attends the premiere of Disney And Marvel Studios' 'Doctor Strange' on Oct. 20, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Kevin Winter—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 21, 2017 7:47 PM UTC Former viral star [Ken Bone](http://time.com/4526309/ken-bone-jimmy-kimmel/) will be attending the [Conservative Political Action Conference](http://cpac.conservative.org/) (CPAC) this week, he announced Tuesday. The Illinois man who went viral last year after he asked a question at the second presidential debate [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/kenbone18/status/834117443882774530) that he’ll be part of the four-day conference. The event begins Wednesday in Maryland and features speeches from President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other Republican lawmakers. CPAC aims to “leverage the strength of thousands of grass-roots activists to break through the resistance of Washington’s powerful elites,” according to its website. > [](https://twitter.com/kenbone18/status/834117443882774530) Bone became a viral sensation last October when many Americans were taken by his red sweater, black-rimmed glasses and mustache. 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