What Republican leadership did was send a message not just to their members, but I think to a lot of voters throughout this country that, hey, if you’re conservative, if you believe in low taxes, if you’re pro-life, that’s fine. But what’s really important is that you agree and support Donald Trump no matter what he says.
Curbelo explains the message sent by Republican leadership prioritizing loyalty to Trump over conservative values.
Share
More from Carlos Curbelo
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…
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.
If you want to beat Donald Trump in a Republican primary, you're not going to do it by being a cheap imitation of Donald Trump.
Other voices in this conversation
