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Sen. Curtis blames GOP midterm losses on abandonment of conservative values
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Utah Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, is attributing Republicans’ widespread midterm losses to the fact that he believes the party has abandoned its core conservative values in an effort to win elections — a strategy he argued backfired this midterm cycle.
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Utah Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, is attributing Republicans’ widespread midterm losses to the fact that he believes the party has abandoned its core conservative values in an effort to win elections — a strategy he argued backfired this midterm cycle.
The party, he wrote, has lost touch with its “core values” of “limited government, free trade, resolute diplomacy and global leadership, and fiscal responsibility,” and has let down new Republican voters in the process.
Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) called for Republicans to “return to the principled conservative values” that once defined the party, after Democrats took the majority in House and U.S. Senate in the midterm elections. In a post on X, Curtis out
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