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Jeff Flake: ‘Difficult’ for GOP Lawmakers to Speak Out Against Trump ‘Because They Want to Keep Their Jobs
Breitbart ^ | 01/20/2020 | Trent Baker

Posted on 01/20/2020 7:42:16 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

During Monday’s broadcast of CBS’s “This Morning,” former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sounded off on his outspokenness against President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming Senate impeachment trial.

Flake, who was never shy about his distrust of Trump, said it is “difficult” for Republican lawmakers to speak out against Trump because they do not want to lose their jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; flake; gop; jeffflake; jobs; trump
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Elected officials should not consider government their job.


61 posted on 01/20/2020 8:30:11 AM PST by Lopeover (Patriots Fight)
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To: brownsfan

Excellent post. The most insightful and to the point yet posted.

What is amazing is that Flake is to stupid to understand this and instead views it as some sort of a problem.


62 posted on 01/20/2020 8:30:23 AM PST by billyboy15
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Funny how we don’t see Flake on local news here in AZ but he’s got his face in the national media spotlight!

I sure hope he doesn’t run for governor or anything else for that matter.


63 posted on 01/20/2020 8:38:26 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: RooRoobird20
Hey Jeffy, I heard CNN is paying $200 per appearance for scum like you to bash Trump, you’d better go for it, you need the money!!

$200? That's the going price for a garden varied high-end prostitute, isn't it?


64 posted on 01/20/2020 8:41:20 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.


65 posted on 01/20/2020 8:42:03 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: hsmomx3

Didn’t a doofus run for governor once and get beaten by Janet Reno?


66 posted on 01/20/2020 8:42:24 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jeff proves he is definitely a “FLAKE!”


67 posted on 01/20/2020 8:42:26 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: ChicagoConservative27
‘Difficult’ for GOP Lawmakers to Speak Out Against Trump ‘Because They Want to Keep Their Jobs

Hopefully he's right for one of the few times in his life...We who put Trump in office will take out those Republicans in office who don't support him...

68 posted on 01/20/2020 8:44:04 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Vigilanteman

Do you mean Janet Napolitano? She beat our Matt Salmon and Dick Mahoney.


69 posted on 01/20/2020 8:45:41 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: ChicagoConservative27
What is so "difficult" about 53 Senators siding with 63 million voters?

-PJ

70 posted on 01/20/2020 8:47:51 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Eddie01

“The whole We The People thing is lost on Jeff.”

Sooo true!


71 posted on 01/20/2020 8:48:13 AM PST by Nuke From Orbit
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump forced a large number of anti trumpers out. How could Trump do it... because they were as dirty as Biden. Leave or be exposed. Bye bye snow-Flake.


72 posted on 01/20/2020 8:49:44 AM PST by Jumper
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Get a real job Jeff...politics is fantasyland where you get to keep donations and not pay tax on those. Flake’s last name says it all.


73 posted on 01/20/2020 8:51:15 AM PST by Metrobank
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To: nuconvert
Flake is such a wuss

They all are. Every one of them. Spineless, filthy, disgusting, traitorous wretches, the entire lot, R or D. If they weren't, we wouldn't be dealing with half the garbage we're dealing with.

74 posted on 01/20/2020 8:56:34 AM PST by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump has 95% approval from Republican voters.

95%

Failing to support him IS a career-ender so I suppose Flake is right in this instance.


75 posted on 01/20/2020 8:59:06 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: dware

The 17th. Amendment put us at the mercy of this country’s 100 biggest egomaniacs.


76 posted on 01/20/2020 8:59:54 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As former Senator Flake has discovered, there are limits to egotistical self-absorption, even for Senators. Poor baby actually thought it was all about him. It wasn’t.


77 posted on 01/20/2020 9:06:55 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: ChicagoConservative27

and why might they lose their job asshat? They would because they are against the will of the people they REPRESENT. They are not supposed to represent lobby groups or deep pocket types. They are supposed the represent their constituents. Otherwise, why have elections??


78 posted on 01/20/2020 9:08:42 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

AH yes. The almighty Flake who is still pissed that his Mormon buddies did not manage to save his ass since they were exposed.

Thats all it was about to Flake and his ilk. They wanted the illegal immigration to continue so the eastern and southern Ranchers in AZ could continue with their near free ranch hand employment.


79 posted on 01/20/2020 9:32:15 AM PST by crz
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And who fires them ? We the VOTERS do !


80 posted on 01/20/2020 9:35:16 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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