Former representative Carlos Curbelo
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Curbelo and former Sen. Jeff Flake
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In his opening speech, Curbelo said that through former President Trump’s election claims, which preceded the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the IDP had lost its credibility and damaged democracy.
‘Here we only have two [political parties] and to enable the one to hold the other accountable, it must be viable. It must have credibility. With a majority of voters in the country, it should be a reasonable choice for most people, ‘Curbelo said. “And the problem we have in our democracy today is that the Republican Party is losing that position. Why? Because it lost its way. Because it’s a party that is engulfed in lies and fear. ”
Curbelo, a moderate Conservative, lost his South Florida swing district in 2018 by just 4,000 votes in a big year for the Democrats.
He has emerged as a vocal critic of Trump and the GOP leadership.
In the intelligence-square debate, he argued that many members of Congress know that Trump’s election claims are untrue, but that they do not have the courage to stand up against him, knowing that it could cost them their seats.
“Most congressional Republicans will recognize it privately,” Curbelo said. ‘And again, these would mean that you have to spend for these processes. Why? Because Donald Trump turned the Republican Party into a personal club to advance his interests and even to question or challenge free and fair election results. And thus sparked a riot that led to the pollution of one of the largest structures in the history of democratic government and to the deaths of five people. ‘
‘If we’re going to have an honest conversation about the Republican Party, we need this crisis, this cancer, which is preventing many Republicans, not all of them, from telling people the truth, being honest with the electorate, and serving properly. , ”He added.
Flake, who clashed with Trump before retiring in 2018, said Republicans would incur election losses in the future if the party continued to hold Trump as leader.
Flake noted that Republicans lost the White House, House and Senate under Trump, while losing both Senate seats in the former red-leaning states of Arizona and Georgia.
Republicans unexpectedly got housing in 2020, and Trump was the first Republican in decades to win Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016.
The former Arizona senator said more than 140,000 people registered as Republicans changed their registration after the January 6 riot, including 10,000 in his home country.
“I do not know where it is,” Flake said. “We have clearly lost our way as Republicans. We cannot continue unless we first recognize the truth. We got lost. We can assure and must return as a party. We have to give them the choice. ”
Trump will address the Conservative political action conference Sunday in his first major speech since leaving office. The former president is expected to talk about the future of conservatism and the Republican Party.
Trump maintains wide support among a strong majority of the party, and he will be the favorite to win the GOP’s 2024 nomination if he decides to run again.
Some in the party, including the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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They are frustrated by Trump’s election claims and say the focus on allegations of fraud cost Republicans their two Senate seats in Georgia and ultimately a majority in the upper house.
The Trump campaign has lost dozens of court challenges to destroy Democratic votes or to overthrow the election results in major swing states before a tampered Trump gang fired the Capitol while the Electoral College continued.
A new poll by the R Street Institute found that two-thirds of all Republicans considered the 2020 election invalid.