Posted on 10/14/2018 8:19:12 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he hopes a fellow Republican challenges President Trump in the 2020 GOP primary ...
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said Flake. "I fear for the future of the party if we don't remember who we are and what principled conservatism really is. And decency, we've got to get back to it." (emphasis mine)
"This is the president's party right now. No doubt. To win in a Republican primary around the country you have to really embrace the president's policies and condone his behavior. That's the bottom line right now, but it won't always be that way," he added. "It does make me fear that it's going to be a longer process to get out of this than it should be. But we will. We have to. Anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy."
Flake told C-SPAN host Steve Scully he found it "disturbing" how Trump's supporters still cheer "lock her up" at his rallies about 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The Arizona lawmaker admitted he wished he could have served another six years in the Senate, but didn't want to be in a position where he had to weigh in Trump's behavior or views.
"I never did warm to the president, in the campaign or as he governed," said Flake. "These days, you not only have to embrace the president, you have to embrace all of his politics and his behavior in order to get through a Republican primary. That was never in the cards for me. I just couldn't do it. I would have liked to have stayed maybe for another term."
Flake also said he wished his party had not followed up Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's recent confirmation,... "Just doesn't seem right. Doesn't seem right..."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
If he’s not going to become a Democrat, he won’t fit in anywhere else. Otherwise, he should form his own party, the Flake Party. Then all the flakes could rally around him, and stop annoying the rest of us.
....And the only reason the leftist elites, NeverTrumpers and Fake News Media praised McCain was: every day he would very publicly insult and disparage President Trump. Juan was a Trump-hating useful idiot. So is Saint Jeffy.
Good point. Now when the shooting starts it would be great if they wore something that identified them as the enemy. I suppose we will have to do the same thing. A simple trip to Walmart would mean getting a platoon of militia together just to watch our backs while we shop. I hope the war doesn’t last long. I only have so much rice and beans in reserve. ;)
Flake is a nancyboy faggot. He should be kicked out the GOP.
The Rats in Arizona aren’t going to suddenly embrace Saint Jeffy. They see that he’s POWERLESS against Trump.
Plus he’s Mormon. The Godless Rat Party REALLY hates Mormons.
What a feckless loser Flake is.
Run as a Democrat with Coons as your VP already!
Jeff is a “Kasich” Republican.
I don’t fear for the future of the republican party,
Jeff Flake won’t be in it.
BINGO!
I seriously doubt that the war will be of much duration at all. The Commies are real good at going after the elderly and the unarmed. Going up against trained, armed and very determined patriots is something that they will not have much stomach for. It will not be like some dumbass vidiot game played in Mom’s basement.
If Flake were merely a RINO, he could easily have won re-election, but he's worse than that. The man is a DIABLO (Democrat In All But Label Only).
That's why he has a 20% approval rating among Arizona Republican voters.
Run? For what office?
Flake's approval rating is 20% among Republican voters in Arizona. It's why he's leaving the Senate.
His only future in politics is with the Democrats. He might be too male, and too white for them, though.
Flake, sorry, but I’m not worried about my party ..
Flake, sorry, but I’m not worried about my party ..
Things will improve with Flake gone. He can stop worrying.
Wasn’t his father a postman?
That is running
He fears for the RINOs, as they are becoming less popular, and some of them, like Lindsay Graham, seem to getting their scrotums dipped in Rogaine.
Oh God - How much longer until he’s out of Congress?
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