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A CPAC Official Just Crossed the Line with a Vile Comment About Dead Iranian Schoolgirls — only to Be Fact-Checked on the Spot

Matt Schlapp defended U.S. and Israeli strikes killing up to 175 Iranian schoolgirls, framing civilian deaths as culturally inevitable amid broad criticism.

Matt Schlapp, the head of the American Conservative Union and CPAC, made a shocking claim on a television program, suggesting that Iranian schoolgirls killed in an airstrike were “better off dead” than living under the current Iranian government. The statement came during a discussion about a recent bombing campaign in Iran and was quickly fact-checked live on air. Since Saturday, the United States and Israel have launched a bombing campaign, ca…

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The New Republic broke the news in on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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