Posted on 05/23/2018 2:42:31 PM PDT by jazusamo
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) took aim at President Trump on Wednesday, saying the president has "debased" the office with his "bottomless appetite for destruction and degradation."
“Our presidency has been debased by a figure who has a seemingly bottomless appetite for destruction and division, and only a passing familiarity with how the Constitution works" Flake said in a commencement address to Harvard Law School graduates, according to prewritten remarks.
“Our Article I branch of government, the Congress (that's me), is utterly supine in the face of the moral vandalism that flows from the White House daily,” Flake continued.
The Republican senator went on to say that the country's strongest enemies could not hurt the U.S. more than "we are hurting ourselves," concluding that "we may have hit bottom."
Flake also criticized Trump for his continuing attacks on the media and what he views to be the president’s willingness to indulge and encourage “our very worst impulses.”
“When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that does not suit him ‘fake news,’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press,” Flake said.
Flake said his criticism of the president makes him no less Republican; instead, he called it an act of patriotic loyalty. The senator, who has gone after Trump in a number of recent speeches, has voted in line with Trump 84 percent of the time, according to FiveThirtyEight — one of the lowest percentages for Senate Republicans.
“My sounding this alarm against the government that was elected, under the Republican banner, and that calls itself conservative, makes me no less Republican or conservative,” Flake said. “And opposing the president and much of what he stands for is not an act of apostasy. It is, rather, an act of fidelity.”
Flake announced last year that he would retire in January after finishing one term in the Senate.
“Fake Flake is perfect for Harvard.”
No, Flake is the ultimate insult to Harvard. Harvard’s Memorial Hall honors the brave Harvard graduates who fought in the Civil War and died, including Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts. Hollywood made a movie about Shaw, named “Glory.”
Here’s the link:
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw_Memorial
Flake is a slimy, crawling, traitorous snake compared to the heroes honored at Harvard’s stained glass battle windows.
Shut up Flake! Please. Just STFU! You’re one of the reasons that I left Arizona.
No! Clinton did when he had that bj in the Oval Office.
Thank GOD; according to the FLAKE, “PRESIDENT TRUMP” (I just love saying that) is debasing the Presidency.
That is so much easier to deal with than a FLAKE DEBASING HUMANITY.
If he’d off an intern he could probably get a low-rated morning show just like the Schmoe. They could call it Breakfast Flake.
I have a bottle of Champagne chilling for when the blessed RIP event arrives.
Ok, it must be mad cow.
He might go before McCain does.
This is the best reply I can write. If I wrote what I am thinking, I might be banned for life...
Did you ever notice, people like this are never bothering to give examples or specifics about their derranged claims...
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