Posted on 10/01/2018 8:45:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Monday evening that he sometimes feels like he doesn't belong to a political party.
“I sometimes feel like a man temporarily without a party,” he said during a speech at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, according to The Washington Post.
Flake also criticized his party during the speech, saying members of the GOP have "given in to the terrible tribal impulse that first mistakes our opponents for our enemies."
“And then we become seized with the conviction that we must destroy that enemy," he said.
Flake's speech came days after he voted in the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. He also said at the time, however, that he would support Kavanaugh in the full Senate only if there were first an FBI investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct against the nominee.
Flake's call for an investigation, and Republican Sens. Susan Collins's (Mass.) and Lisa Murkowski's (Alaska) subsequent support of Flake's suggestion, prompted President Trump to ask the FBI to reopen its background investigation into Kavanaugh.
Flake said Monday that the investigation needs to be a "real investigation," according to the Post.
“It does no good to have an investigation that just gives us more cover,” Flake said. “We actually need to find out what we can find out. And we have to realize that we may not be able to find out everything that happened.”
The Senate currently plans to vote on Kavanaugh "this week," according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
And soon to be “without a job”
Treason is like that. Flake should never be allowed to rest.
He’s really expects the Republicans to beg for him to come back. Schmuck.
Oh poor flaky Flake.
His owners are being mean to him.
You don’t want to destroy liberals? Go and join them!
Stop pretending you were a conservative. You were never one as your actions have made crystal-clear.
Just go away.
“Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
Attention whore senator.
Your transparent 3rd party scheme to take votes from Trump and seat the SOCIALIST the Dems put up, is PATHETIC!
No, you’re just without a BRAIN.
Good lord, what a drama queen. This guy can’t go soon enough. He makes Jim Jeffords look normal.
Without a brain.
Arlen Flake
Poor baby
More like, you’re without a spine, Flakey.
This guy is an idiot. He has plans of grandeur and wants to run for President. The fool actually thinks he has a chance. His new found pals the dimoKKKRATS will chew him up and spit him out. He is only a useful idiot to them.
He should be investigated on how often he blacks out.
“It does no good to have an investigation that just gives us more cover,” Flake said. “We actually need to find out what we can find out. And we have to realize that we may not be able to find out everything that happened.”
Does this sound like someone who is ever going to vote yes for judge Kavanaugh?
I don’t think so.
Another day another liar.
He should leave Arizona. He’s an unpopular disgrace.
This unprincipled guy cannot exit the public stage soon enough.
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