Former GOP lawmaker: Republican Party 'engulfed in lies and fear'
Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) argued in a pre-taped interview that ran Friday that the Republican Party has lost its way and become "engulfed in lies in fear."
Curbelo and former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) teamed up as part of the nonpartisan debate series IntelligenceSquared U.S. to argue that many within the GOP are knowingly pushing a lie that the election was stolen out of fear of retaliation from former President Trump.
In his opening remarks, Curbelo said that by embracing former President Trump's election claims, which preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the GOP had lost its credibility and damaged democracy.
"Here we only have two [political parties] and in order for one to be able to hold the other accountable, it has to be viable. It has to have credibility. With a majority of the voters in the country, it has to be a reasonable choice for most people," Curbelo said. "And the problem we have today in our democracy is that the Republican Party is losing that position. Why? Because it has lost its way. Because it's a party engulfed in lies and in fear."
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