The Latest: Trump says ‘we’ve proved I’m a conservative’

President Donald Trump takes a question from reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, to travel to Oxon Hill, Md. to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) President Donald Trump takes a question from reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, to travel to Oxon Hill, Md. to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

By Associated Press February 23, 2018 2 min read

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):

10:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump is telling conservative activists that he’s proven he’s one of them.

Trump is opening his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference by reminding the group that when he first started running, people questioned the former Democrat’s conservative credentials.

He says, “I think now we’ve proved I’m a conservative.”