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Top Republican senator says his party is in 'denial' about Trump
Business Insider ^ | July 31, 2017

Posted on 07/31/2017 4:53:23 PM PDT by SMGFan

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona wrote that his party is in "denial" about President Donald Trump in a column in Politico on Monday.

Flake, who is up for reelection in 2018 and is one of the more vulnerable GOP senators in the upcoming election, held little back in the Politico op-ed, describing an executive branch "in chaos" and a president who has "seeming affection for strongmen and authoritarians."

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


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; donaldtrump; flake; gop; jeffflake; senate; trump
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To: bray

Senator Flake, a Republican, Explains Why He Didn’t Vote for Trump

It seems safe to say that Senator Jeff Flake’s new anti-Trump book is politically contraindicated. His approval ratings in his home state, Arizona, are so low they are somewhere down in a missile silo; according to Politico, the president has privately said he would spend $10 million in the Republican primary to whisk Flake out of the Senate with a broom.
Then again, maybe this is what a man who’s facing political expiration does: speaks his mind, goes for broke. Or perhaps he’s simply fed up. Flake was one of the few Never Trumpers in Congress to remain so right through Election Day.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senator-flake-a-republican-explains-why-he-didn%E2%80%99t-vote-for-trump/ar-AApbWTI?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp


41 posted on 07/31/2017 5:37:01 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: SMGFan

Flake is Romney, Jr. ... Mormon Mafia.


42 posted on 07/31/2017 5:37:53 PM PDT by maggief
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To: lone star annie

Democrats can’t vote in Republican primaries. Independents and Party Not Declared can


43 posted on 07/31/2017 5:39:49 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: SMGFan

Flake’s hardly a “top” Republican...more like a globalist RINO masquerading as conservative.


44 posted on 07/31/2017 5:47:48 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: SMGFan

Yes, he can. He’s weaker than McTurd, though has a strong Mormon base.

I just got a response letter from him-—nothing burger, after I chastized him for not supporting Trump. “I will support him when I can, yada yada, but must criticize . . .”

Doofus. These people are just horrible people.


45 posted on 07/31/2017 5:54:05 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: SMGFan

FF! FUK FLAKE! PHUK PHLAKE! Worthless POS! Along with McNuts! Did I mention, F*ck Flake?


46 posted on 07/31/2017 5:59:55 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: DLfromthedesert

Arizona has open primaries for all elections except Presidential primaries. So Dems can vote for GOP senators and Reps.


47 posted on 07/31/2017 6:00:08 PM PDT by lone star annie
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To: SMGFan

Jeff Flake is a top Republican Senator?? Give me a break!!!


48 posted on 07/31/2017 6:43:36 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: SMGFan

“Well, bye!” Meme


49 posted on 07/31/2017 6:51:52 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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To: SMGFan
Flake is the Pinnacle RINO Senator?

There are many viable candidates and The Flake doesn't seem the worst of the worst to me.

50 posted on 07/31/2017 6:53:30 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: lone star annie

Not completely open. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians have to vote in their respective party’s primary. Independents can choose which ballot they want.

I’ve been a precinct committeeman for almost 20 years. I know the rules.


51 posted on 07/31/2017 6:54:05 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: SMGFan

I sure hope so. He is disgusting.


52 posted on 07/31/2017 7:45:21 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Ann Archy
PRIMARY HIS ASS!!

See tagline.

53 posted on 07/31/2017 8:10:49 PM PDT by citizen (The only thing House & Senate Republicans seem united on is killing @realDonaldTrump #CantorThemAll!)
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To: Ann Archy

If we fail to go after this guy during primary season, we should be declared brain dead.


54 posted on 07/31/2017 8:12:35 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: Brimack34

“Top of what a dung Heep he is a bottom feeder. “

The Mormon Church Dung Heap! Romney, Reid, Hatch, Heller, Flake!


55 posted on 07/31/2017 9:51:11 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: SMGFan
describing an executive branch "in chaos

Idiot...No chaos at all...Just getting things straightened out...Gettin' the ducks in a row...

56 posted on 07/31/2017 10:26:29 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool
No chaos at all...Just getting things straightened out...Gettin' the ducks in a row

Yeah, I wonder how many second and third string "holes" are getting fired that we don't even hear about.

57 posted on 07/31/2017 10:44:22 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs and RINOs...same thing)
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To: SMGFan

Flake is a RINO at best.


58 posted on 08/01/2017 4:58:54 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: Bookshelf

Lets hope not!


59 posted on 08/01/2017 5:39:42 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!)
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To: SMGFan

But flake voted for the “skinny” Obama repeal, yes?


60 posted on 08/01/2017 6:29:19 AM PDT by Wuli
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