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"As with most things that I read on Breitbart, I have no idea where they got that" said Alex Conant, Marco Rubio's communications director of the outlet reporting on Marco Rubio allegedly skipping CPAC. | Getty Rubio will attend CPAC following accusation of snub

Marco Rubio will attend next week's Conservative Political Action Conference, after all.

One day after Breitbart reported that the Florida senator planned to "snub" the conservative gathering, causing an outcry from organizers, his campaign confirmed that Rubio will join Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson at the event.

Matt Schlapp, chairman of American Conservative Union, which hosts the event, also tweeted Wednesday: “CONFIRMED: Grassroots activists will hear from @marcorubio at #CPAC next week – be part of history!”

The enthusiastic response from Schlapp is a big change in tone from earlier this week, when ACU accused Rubio of making a "rookie mistake" in skipping the event. "Sen. Rubio cannot have it both ways: he cannot hope to be the inspirational leader of conservatives and at the same time hide at the very moments when activists who comprise the heart and soul of the movement assemble and organize," the group said in a statement to Breitbart.

The Rubio campaign fired back on Tuesday, saying that they had never said Rubio wouldn’t attend, just that his schedule couldn’t yet be confirmed.

"As with most things that I read on Breitbart, I have no idea where they got that. We never told CPAC that we would not be attending. We simply have not been able to commit to events in March yet because our schedule is TBD," Rubio communications director Alex Conant told POLITICO.