Posted on 09/28/2019 5:37:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Senator Jeff Flake caused a stir Saturday when he amended Republican consultant Mike Murphy's comment that 30 GOP senators would vote to impeach President Donald Trump if they could keep their votes secret. "That's not true," the former Arizona senator said. "There would be at least 35."
Until his retirement from the Senate earlier this year, Flake was among the small but notable cohort of Republican senators who remained vocal in their opposition to Trump after the election.
While most of the Senate's 53 Republican members have stuck to the White House's talking points since the House of Representatives officially launched its impeachment inquiry Tuesday, some have stopped short of towing the party's "witch hunt" line, while others have previously voiced opposition to the president that may come back to bite him.
Flake puts the number of Republicans willing to secretly oppose Trump at 35, well above the 20 who would have to publicly denounce him in order to reach the two-thirds supermajority of 67 senators, assuming all 45 Senate Democrats and both independent senators also voted to impeach. Here are 12 possibilities.
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SubMit Romney would for sure.
Flake needs a mental hospital
It’s past time someone straighten his nose.
Flake is an IDIOT!
Flake may be the best-named politician in America (excepting if we can find a Senator John G. Corruptoid)
Flake always thinks he has support he doesn’t have. Remember when he thought he had the support of the people of Arizona?
Romney for sure. Maybe the ladies from Maine and Alaska.
The Chicoms own our Senate. They will make sure President a Trump is removed in order to make way for Hillary in 2020
I think he’s right, there is probably more than 35 if they could just keep their vote secret.
FReegards
He may be a douche, but I kind of believe him.
He’s exaggerating of course because of his intense hatred for Trump, but he’s not altogether wrong in stating that a lot of GOP senators could well be convinced to vote against him.
The GOP is a soulless party devoid of any convictions, beliefs or principles. A good number of them are bought and paid for, and with enough pushing by their backers, I have no doubt they would turn against our president. They don’t respect the outcome of the election either.
The Democrats are fortunate in one respect: they have a party that fights for them. We don’t enjoy that kind of support.
That would be the end of the Republican party, which is a pile of special interest crap anyway.
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Jeff Flake is Liberal Troll.
Fake News Tool
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These statements from lowlife such as Flake and Romney are a good thing. They force all the traitors in the Republican Party to deny that they’d vote to impeach Trump. Which is important. Sometimes I wonder if there’s more than a handful who actually want to fight corruption.
That would be the end of the Republican party, which is a pile of special interest crap anyway.
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I anxiously look forward to that day. We would be so much better off with a new party that actually stands for something and fights for it, in my opinion.
FR needs a like button.
Mormon led.
Without out magnificent Commander-in-Chief, we would be left with nothing but a globalist, socialist uniparty that is bought and paid for by the highest bidder.
SPJNK.
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