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Corker to use power in Senate, alliance with Flake to question Trump on foreign policy
The Washington Times ^ | October 29, 2017 | Guy Taylor

Posted on 10/29/2017 6:15:33 PM PDT by jazusamo

President Trump has dubbed him “Liddle Bob Corker” on Twitter, but the Tennessee Republican still wields big-time influence over American foreign policy.

While the recent criticism of Mr. Trump from Mr. Corker and from Sen. Jeff Flake — both longtime moderate Republicans and both on their way out at the end of next year — might seem like garden-variety theatrics from two lame-duck lawmakers, Capitol Hill sources say the implications are deep.

Mr. Corker heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of which Mr. Flake is a member, and has suggested he intends to use the panel as a forum in the coming months to air concerns about Mr. Trump’s leadership on a range of fronts, including Iran, North Korea, Russia and the Middle East.

“The committee is going to be very active,” Mr. Corker told reporters last week before announcing plans to hold a series of hearings, which could generate headlines that damage the public’s view of Mr. Trump.

“It’s going to be a very robust period of time,” Mr. Corker said. And it all starts Monday evening, when Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis appear before the committee for questioning over the administration’s “perspective” on war powers and whether Congress ought to revise the Authorization for Use of Military Force, which was passed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“I think it will be very informative to the American people and to the rest of the Senate about what powers the president has, should [and] shouldn’t have,” said Mr. Corker.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; corker; flake; foreignpolicy; rinos; trump; trumpforeignpolicy
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Looks like idiot RINOs Corker and Flake will continue to make fools of themselves until they're gone trying to fight POTUS.

Go Trump Go, MAGA!

1 posted on 10/29/2017 6:15:33 PM PDT by jazusamo
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“which could generate headlines that damage the public’s view of Mr. Trump.”

Unlike virtually every other headline???


2 posted on 10/29/2017 6:17:56 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government)
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To Guy Taylor:

That’s PRESIDENT Trump...


3 posted on 10/29/2017 6:18:06 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: jazusamo

America sees these two, Corker, and Flake only when they look down, and through a microscope.


4 posted on 10/29/2017 6:18:48 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: jazusamo

Corker’s advise to Trump, Surrender to North Korea now.


5 posted on 10/29/2017 6:19:06 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!Goo)
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To: jazusamo

Helloooo, Turtlehead. Time to control your Senate and the chairmanships.


6 posted on 10/29/2017 6:20:35 PM PDT by Defiant (It's not antifa, it's actually antifafa. Antifa Fascists.)
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Since Corker is now a known saboteur and on the out in 2018, it’d be great if Trump publicly called out McConnell on Twitter and ask why is Corker still the chairman of the foreign relations committee. As if green lighting the Iran deal wasn’t bad enough


7 posted on 10/29/2017 6:22:10 PM PDT by Sign Petition to Arrest Comey
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To: jazusamo

The Cheap Labor Express is losing three Senators in 2018, Corker and Flake are quitting and McCain is dying.
They have ordered their lame ducks to do as much damage as possible before they are replaced with Senators who side with the citizens and the rule of law.


8 posted on 10/29/2017 6:22:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

Their hatred only makes us stronger.


9 posted on 10/29/2017 6:23:47 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: jazusamo

Corker and Flake meet to try to destroy Trump
10 posted on 10/29/2017 6:25:11 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: jazusamo
Well...FLAKE...certainly has the right name. ROTFL!
Idiots! Both of 'em
11 posted on 10/29/2017 6:25:22 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: jazusamo

Corker Flakes = the generic cereal no one is buying.


12 posted on 10/29/2017 6:26:12 PM PDT by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: BigEdLB
Pond scum


13 posted on 10/29/2017 6:26:48 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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MAGA!

Lets git ‘er done, folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

14 posted on 10/29/2017 6:27:33 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Bump!


15 posted on 10/29/2017 6:28:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Don’t agree with that. I feel it should be pressed privately though. I’m sure there are some great senators out their that would like committee chairmanships befor Flake, Corker and McCain sabotage the GOP prospects in 2018.

Flake and Corker are going to come to know what ‘lame duck’ means.


16 posted on 10/29/2017 6:30:19 PM PDT by Fhios (Down with your fascism, up with our fascism.)
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To: jazusamo
Wonder what would happen if Tillerson and Mattis just failed to show up.

Seems like it works for everyone else thats ordered to appear before Congress.

17 posted on 10/29/2017 6:30:54 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: jazusamo

Dear Bob and Jeff:
In the great cosmos of things you are merely a pimple on the rear end of an ass formerly known as the globalist GOP...adios!


18 posted on 10/29/2017 6:32:04 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Newbomb Turk

January 2018 can’t come soon enough.


19 posted on 10/29/2017 6:32:58 PM PDT by Kalamata (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Sign Petition to Arrest Comey

We’re stuck with these malcontents for another 15 months. Not much of a leap to envision three of these snakes slithering over to the Dems side of the aisle...officially.


20 posted on 10/29/2017 6:33:33 PM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz)
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