Politicon

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Politicon
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StatusDefunct
Genre Politics
CountryUnited States
InauguratedOctober 10–11, 2015
Los Angeles, California
Most recentOctober 26–27, 2019
Nashville, Tennessee
Website politicon.com

Politicon was an annual, non-partisan political convention in the United States. [1] Politicon's vision was to bring "Republicans, Democrats, and people of all political stripes together to banter and spar over the most topical issues in smart and entertaining ways that often poke fun at both sides of the aisle." [2] It has been called the "Comic-Con of politics" [3] and the "Coachella of politics". [4]

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It was first held in Los Angeles in 2015, with the last on held on October 26–27, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Music City Center. [5] [6] It eventually dissolved in 2022.

Conventions

Politicon 2019

For the first time, Politicon moved from Los Angeles to the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Notable speakers included former Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D), Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, Republican strategist and commentator Ana Navarro, political commentator Ann Coulter, journalist April Ryan, CNN Politics reporter Chris Cillizza, Clay Aiken, former DNC Chair Donna Brazile, former FBI Director James Comey, Mayor of Knox County, TN Glenn Jacobs, former RNC Chair and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Fox News anchor Sean Hannity, and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren. [7]

2020 presidential candidates in attendance included Howie Hawkins (G), Mark Sanford (R), Joe Walsh (R), and Bill Weld (R).

The full list of expected speakers was as follows:

Politicon 2018

Politicon 2018 took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Notable speakers included Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, actress Alyssa Milano, political advisor Amanda Carpenter, Republican strategist and commentator Ana Navarro, political commentator Ann Coulter, Speaker of the California State Assembly Anthony Rendon, journalist April Ryan, MSNBC anchor Ari Melber, former Libertarian presidential candidate Austin Petersen, commentator Bakari Sellers, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, former Chief of Staff to the VP Bill Kristol, Representative Brendan Boyle (D-PA02), gun control activist and Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky, former NJ Governor Chris Christie (R), former Representative David Jolly (R-FL13), Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzmán (D), host of NBC's Stay Tuned on Snapchat Gadi Schwartz, Mayor of Knox County, TN Glenn Jacobs, Representative Judy Chu (D-CA27), comedian Kathy Griffin, former President of the California State Senate Kevin de León, gun rights activist and Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv, former RNC Chair Michael Steele, Mayor of Stockton, CA Michael Tubbs, former Representative Patrick Murphy (D-FL18), Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA33), conservative commentator Tomi Lahren, and Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson.

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