Carlos Curbelo: “They send their best and they thank you for your commitment to freedom, to democracy, and to human rights.”

He has to grow from his base, and he's doing nothing to achieve that.

One of the big problems especially on the right is that social media has sown a lot of distrust because the right feels under attack by big institutions. It has hurt our democracy. Why? Because it has diminished trust in society.

The moderates have an opportunity this week with this rules package. They can make a statement. They can amend it somehow. They can bring it down. They have to do that, otherwise they're going to be sitting in this position of, you know…

This is the Trump trap, right? Republicans need to check the box, 'appease Donald Trump,' and then put some of their more vulnerable members in peril.