Posted on 03/17/2016 7:58:54 AM PDT by doldrumsforgop
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) 45% explained his decision to meet with President Barack Obama’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, Judge Merrick Garland.
Flake acknowledged GOP senators were doing the proper thing to put off any action on Obama’s pick, but added that in the event Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton should be elected president, Garland should be given consideration.
“I think that Republicans are doing the right thing,” Flake said. “We’re fully justified in saying, ‘Let’s wait until after the election to actually nominate someday or approve the president’s nomination.’ But I said yesterday that if Republicans are not successful in the November election – I hope we are – but if we are not, then we ought to look at this nomination in the lame-duck session in November. I would rather have a less-liberal nominee like Merrick Garland than a nominee that Hillary Clinton if she were president would put forward.”
“I’ve said from the very beginning that I would meet with him, but let me say, I hold the position that Republicans are justified – justified in doing what we’re doing before the election,” Flake added.
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This idiot has already elected Hillary as POTUS and appears does not want to even fight but to 'settle' for the best he can get.
Arizona certainly needs better Senators than Flake and McCain.
such as Obama
Oh here we go.
Flake is living up to his name.
Listen very closely, GOPe twits. If Hillary is elected, IT WON’T MATTER ANY MORE!
Once upon a time, Flake was a stand-up guy before being ruined by Juan McCain.
Ladies & Gents - the RiNO logic of the loser party!
Hey, Flake: I’d rather have a Republican President next January who can nominate an Originalist who actually respects the Constitution. Try not to undermine the voters, you and your GOPe compatriots/conspirators, and we might actually have a chance to defeat the Witch of Chappaqua.
Flake is a mega-RINO. He needs to be voted out of the Senate!
Good. Grief.
He’s already decided that Hitlery is president? What a pathetic, loser attitude. How ANYONE can support the Republican Club is beyond me.
He ran as a “consistent Conservative”. YUCK!!!
Yeah. Hillarys not getting in and the GOPe is dead
Obama -> Reid -> McCain -> Flake/Linda
She’s not going to be president.
Flake the Mormon. Wonder what the payoff will be to him if he goes along. Its all about money to the Mormons-they could give a rats ass about anything else.
At least McCain seems to be holding firm: No SCOTUS nominee hearings.
otherwise, all you are doing is undermining an effort to stand up to Obama (for once) and simply tell him "No."
This is the same kind of defeatist, lying dissembling crap we have been getting from these DC elitists for DECADES!
It is the proverbial ‘second-most evil’ theorem and it stinks like a runny pile of dog sh!t, frankly. It is very likely the reason why this flake is where he is at today.
Arizona, shape it up or ship out. You have some very tough work to do, as we all do in the other 49 states it seems.
They’ve been at our bones like termites for decades and they don’t show any signs of stopping.
He gets a clean pair of Magic Underpants.
(And a secret handshake from Beck and Romney.)
Then say GOODBYE to your guns, lawful self defense, castle doctrine, open carry, and ccw. God forbid you harm a minority attacking you!
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