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Jeff Flake won’t rule out taking on Trump in 2020 primary
New York Post ^ | October 24, 2017 | Danika Fears

Posted on 10/24/2017 5:43:35 PM PDT by Cheerio

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake isn’t ruling out a primary challenge to President Trump in 2020.

“I won’t go there. That’s a long time away,” the Arizona senator told CNN, when asked if he or another Republican should oppose Trump in the next election. “It’s early. Time will take care of itself.”

Flake announced that he would not be seeking re-election on Tuesday in an emotional speech that sharply criticized Trump and his leadership.

After the speech, he told CNN that Republicans like himself, who are willing to criticize the president, have a “narrow path” to election.

“I would have to run a campaign that I couldn’t be proud of,” he said. “And I chose not do that.”

Flake, who said he believes the president is setting a bad example for children, called out Trump for tweeting at foreign leaders and referring to Democrats as “losers or clowns.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020gopprimary; flake; flakeyflake; mormoncultist; trump; trump2020
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To: grey_whiskers

I suspect he could pull a close third place finish in Utah.


21 posted on 10/24/2017 5:51:33 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Cheerio

Bwahahahahaha


22 posted on 10/24/2017 5:51:43 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: Cheerio

No one wants Flake to run.


23 posted on 10/24/2017 5:51:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Cheerio

Don’t split the Kasich voters!


24 posted on 10/24/2017 5:52:16 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Cheerio

Why doesn’t he take a stab at being the youngest candidate in the Democrat primary.


25 posted on 10/24/2017 5:53:21 PM PDT by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: Cheerio

Go for it Flake, you will be roundly embarrassed.


26 posted on 10/24/2017 5:53:24 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Cheerio

Jeff: you lose. Good day sir!


27 posted on 10/24/2017 5:53:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Cheerio

like he has ANY appeal. what.a. joke. #drainingthe swamponemonsteratatime


28 posted on 10/24/2017 5:53:40 PM PDT by avital2
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To: Cheerio

FLAKE, JEB, KASICH, CORKER, CUBAN...

It’s going to be another 2020 Presidential circus - GOPe vs PRESIDENT TRUMP.


29 posted on 10/24/2017 5:54:17 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12")
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To: Cheerio
I first became eligible to vote for the November 1972 election.I've voted in every single November election since...and at least one "special" election (Scott Brown took Teddy Kennedy's seat).

If Flake wins the nomination in 2020 I will,for the first time in my life,leave the "President" line on my ballot blank.

30 posted on 10/24/2017 5:54:58 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Cheerio
Uh, jefee, 🐂💩 and 🖕🏻. Loser now, loser then.
31 posted on 10/24/2017 5:55:17 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Cheerio
Flake, who said he believes the president is setting a bad example for children, called out Trump for tweeting at foreign leaders and referring to Democrats as 'losers or clowns.'”

Flake is concerned about that "the president is setting a bad example for children,"--referencing his tweets of terms like "losers or clowns," while he sat in his Arizona Senate Seat and never bothered to call out or condemn the previous Administration, with its chosen 2016 Presidential Candidate referring to citizens who supported her opponent as "deplorables" and "unredeemable."

Oh, these are not casual and loose terms like "losers or clowns," but Clinton's insulting and demeaning terms were intended to inflict upon millions of American citizens who supported Trump an eternal damnation simply for preferring another candidate.

Where was Flake when Obama was attempting to degrade his opponents with polite, but caustic and severe, terms intended to divide and influence honest and substantive debate?

32 posted on 10/24/2017 5:56:06 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: Cheerio

Who’s going to throw a pallet full o’ cash at Jeff when he was losing big in this sort of a local race?
Maybe he expects the Mormon elders to write most the checks out of loyalty. Mitt, Beck and Harry Reid will all demand it!


33 posted on 10/24/2017 5:56:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Cheerio
The media picks another Arizona Republican maverick to cozy up to and get him to believe he can be President.
34 posted on 10/24/2017 5:56:29 PM PDT by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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To: Cheerio

Flake has a good strong 18% of republican support in Arizona.


35 posted on 10/24/2017 5:58:08 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: gubamyster

The old farmer said stump broke. With Flake it’s Trump broke!!!
Ha Haa! Flakey flake out. What a “tard”.


36 posted on 10/24/2017 5:58:16 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: lee martell

“Maybe he expects the Mormon elders to write most the checks out of loyalty.”

Well they spent a bundle years ago on Harry Reid, including paying for his schooling.


37 posted on 10/24/2017 5:58:42 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: HarleyLady27

ROFL!!! If CornFlake can’t run for Senator for his own State how does he think he can run for POTUS???

What an idiot!!!


Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!


38 posted on 10/24/2017 6:00:05 PM PDT by KMac1945
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To: LongWayHome

Yep.

The ruling elite live in their own tiny bubble. It’s so beautiful and perfect!! They have unicorns!!!


39 posted on 10/24/2017 6:01:07 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Cheerio

Flake also believes in Kolob and magic underpants.

Degenerate Mormon cultist scumbag.


40 posted on 10/24/2017 6:02:19 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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