Posted on 08/04/2026 7:08:38 AM PDT by cotton1706
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff picked up a high-profile endorsement Tuesday from former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican whose clashes with President Donald Trump prompted him to back other prominent Democrats.
Flake said he still disagrees with Ossoff on key policy issues. But in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he said character outweighed those partisan differences.
“I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution,” Flake said.
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In the future, we'll see Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy and John Cornyn endorsing Democrats too...to "protect the institution"
So predictable and pathetic.
We've come a long way since the Jeff Flake's of the world dominated the US Senate. There's some left and a lot of them are up for reelection in 2028. Expect many retirements. Their days are over.
The Senate was always going to be the last bastion of the RINOs.
Ossoff is a trustfundian twerp with a video camera who made “documentaries” that weren’t worth a damn. That’s his resume. He is in the Senate because of election fraud.
““I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution,” Flake said.”
I guess protecting the country isn’t a concern for him...and he doesn’t give a shit about what he’s doing to his 5 kids.
Ossoff will win because Collins is that bad.
Quality candidates matter, GOP.
Washed up has-been loser says what?
If character mattered to the Democrats Bill Clinton would never have been picked as a candidate.
Instead, the Democrat voters wanted to know what kind of underwear he wore.
What an aptly named maroon.................
“The Senate was always going to be the last bastion of the RINOs.”
Yeah, because McConnell was hand-picking all the candidates since the late 90’s.
But now not so much. He can’t even speak and is probably dead.
“I’m still a conservative Republican“
And just like a Cancer this little scumbag re-emerged from whatever hole he was hiding in.
I wish Flake was back in office so we could remove him again.
Ossoff is a man of character?? Please. We’re just measuring degrees here.
Flake was a AZ infiltrator.
He only decided NOT to run as his approval was 18%.
Flake represented himself as a tea party candidate. He was a liar then. He doesn’t know anything about character.
Jeff Flake? Hmmm…should I know the name? Can’t say I recall. /s
Collins seemed better than the rest of them running.
Flake was always an assistant Democrat. No surprise.
I lived in Georgia. I live in Arizona. The endorsement means zilch or less than zilch to the voters in Georgia.
Ugh this POS crawls out of his hole for this. Weird how we NEVER see a rat do this but it happens all the time with out of office rino’s.
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