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Jeff Flake: Trump needs a Republican opponent in 2020
NY Post ^ | March 11, 2018 | 2:14pm | Marisa Schultz

Posted on 03/11/2018 11:24:43 AM PDT by conservative98

WASHINGTON – President Trump should have a conservative challenger in 2020 who believes in free trade, limited government and economic freedom, said outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.

“I do,” Flake of Arizona responded Sunday when asked if Trump needs an opponent from the right.

“It would be a tough go in a Republican primary. The Republican Party is the Trump party right now. But that’s not to say it will stay that way, ” he said.

Flake, a frequent Trump critic, is retiring from the Senate because he said his traditional conservative views and temperament aren’t accepted in the age of Trump.

“I couldn’t be reelected in my party right now,” Flake told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Trump has already announced his 2020 slogan – “Keep America Great!” – in a wide-ranging speech in Saturday in Pennsylvania where he also bashed the media, touted new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and suggested imposing the death penalty on drug dealers.

“We should never normalize this kind of behavior, particularly from the president of the United States,” Flake said. “So I think it does real damage long term to the political culture. It really does.”

Flake this week is traveling to New Hampshire, the first presidential primary state, which stoked speculation of a possible presidential bid against Trump.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2020; arizona; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; flake; flakeyflake; jeffflake; marisaschultz; trump; trump2020
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To: conservative98

This turd is long overdue to be flushed.


81 posted on 03/11/2018 1:59:25 PM PDT by wetgundog (Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
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To: lodi90

I did not vote for Magic Mitt and received plenty of verbal lashing here. I was supposed to vote for the lesser of two evils.

Right now we would be on possibly Season Two of Mitt Goes To Washington. Instead we have a real American running things.


82 posted on 03/11/2018 2:00:26 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: lodi90

I agree. Career politicians, for the most part, are f-ing scumbags. Couple that with mormonism and you get that squared.


83 posted on 03/11/2018 2:02:19 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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To: conservative98
President Trump should have a conservative challenger in 2020 who believes in free trade, limited government and economic freedom, said outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.

I couldn’t stop laughing after this opening line long enough to read the rest of the article.

84 posted on 03/11/2018 2:05:41 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: conservative98

DeplorableAmerican: ‘Jeff Flake is an idiot!’ Hey Flake, Trump is my president and the elites are not going to tell us who we can vote for...


85 posted on 03/11/2018 2:07:25 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: conservative98

Well Jeff the Democratic ticket is wide open.


86 posted on 03/11/2018 2:20:04 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: conservative98

Flake decided not to run in AZ because he was down over 20 points in the polls. Does this goofball clown not realize no one can stand his sorry ass?


87 posted on 03/11/2018 2:43:54 PM PDT by boycott
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To: MuttTheHoople

LOL! Jeb’s already the tallest dude in the line and he’s so insecure, he thinks he needs to be taller!


88 posted on 03/11/2018 2:50:14 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: conservative98

No way could a beltway insider, a career politician, launch a credible challenge to Trump. Any challenger would have to be an outsider who has the support of the insiders, but is not an insider in DC.

A governor is a possibility to fit the bill. But Kasich has destroyed his credibility with too many factions to be vialbe.

So the viable challenger must be an Obama type who has no track record to run on (or against) while still being a great charismatic personality. Does Hollywood have a fictitious person to fill this position?


89 posted on 03/11/2018 3:43:48 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: conservative98

Flakey flake needs to move to his favorite country; CUBA!


90 posted on 03/11/2018 3:53:06 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: conservative98

Flake as a Republican candidate in 2020 would guarantee result identical to 2008 and 2012.


91 posted on 03/11/2018 3:56:40 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: conservative98

Jeff had got the right last name!!!


92 posted on 03/11/2018 4:41:56 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: conservative98

Go for it, Flakey!!! You could get at least 12 votes from your family members! RUN!!!


93 posted on 03/11/2018 5:03:25 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: conservative98

All the while knowing that candidate would lose the general to a Democrat. No other Republican could have won the Rust Belt


94 posted on 03/11/2018 5:28:55 PM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: conservative98

Flake needs to stick with his fellow Demcrats.


95 posted on 03/11/2018 5:52:26 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: dowcaet
The NeverTrumper do nothing CONservatives like Flake are trying to make this whole thing about ideology when they’ve done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to promote conservatism. Donald Trump may be a non-ideologue in his politics, but he’s done more to push and get a conservative agenda implemented in DC than all the Repukes there combined!

BUMP!

96 posted on 03/11/2018 8:30:31 PM PDT by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is 60 times worse than DACA)
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To: conservative98

The Never Trumpers really are this stupid.


97 posted on 03/12/2018 2:13:56 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: poinq

What going on is the Never Trumpers are doubling down on stupid.

There is a lot of money behind the Never Trump movement and it is auditioning challengers for 2020.

The arrogance of inherited money in the GOP-E. Simply cannot believe themselves as anything but the center of the universe.


98 posted on 03/12/2018 2:18:03 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
Good one! 👍
99 posted on 03/12/2018 2:44:39 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: conservative98

Flake couldn’t win an election today even if only his family were voting.


100 posted on 03/12/2018 3:44:18 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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