The director of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event said it will be a mistake for former Vice President Mike Pence to skip the conference. It was confirmed that former President Donald Trump will attend the event. Reports have said that Pence would not attend; The Epoch Times has reached out to Pence’s office for comment. “We are pleased that the president will be joining us, and we’re disappointed the vice president’s not coming. We think it’s a mistake for him not to come. We conservatives think of Vice President Pence with great honor and dignity. He is a real champion of conservatism,” Conservative Political Action Conference Executive Director Dan Schneider told MSNBC on Sunday. Schneider said that Pence has likely spoken at CPAC more than a dozen times over the years. And this year, if Pence attended, he would be “greeted very warmly,” he said. Pence drew criticism in …