Posted on 04/28/2020 5:28:08 PM PDT by re_tail20
Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) says he will not be casting his vote for President Donald Trump in 2020, citing concerns he had with the president before the 2016 campaign.
“I just couldn’t support [Trump] long before he started to run. The birtherism thing was just too much for me. And then it piled on,” Flake, a vocal critic of Trump, told the Washington Post.
Flake also warned that a second Trump term could deter younger voters from the GOP, especially on issues concerning the environment and immigration.
“So for young people who’ve grown up around minorities or had a different experience than a lot of us in my generation, they don’t harbor, I think, some of the prejudices that people in my generation do,” Flake said.
Flake added that a Trump defeat in November would benefit the Republican Party and conservatism in the long run.
“This won’t be the first time I’ve voted for a Democrat — though not for president. Last time I voted for a third-party candidate,” he said. “But I will not vote for Donald Trump.”
Flake also predicted the GOP would change once Trump ends his time in the Oval Office.
“The pendulum swings when one party takes it too far,” he said. “We’ll be ourselves again.”
Flake served in the Senate between 2013 and 2019 and served six terms in the House before that.
As a senator, he criticized Trump on a variety of issues, including his negative comments on his colleague, former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2015.
Politico reported that Flake was also “shocked” to discover that his friend and former House colleague Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) was selected to be Trump’s running mate...
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Good! I would not want to vote the same as Flake!!
Natural born citizen only.
Obama proves it matters.
The founders were correct.
And, why does he think we care....
He couldn’t win a race for dog catcher in AZ. He is as worthless as McCain was. AND I’m glad to say “WAS”. As John POS McCain leaked the Steele dossier to hurt Trump.
Has anyone asked his GHOULISH, lard ass, daughter Me-again about this dishonorable and petty move yet?
“Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) says”
Who cares.
Jeff who?
Who remembers?
I thought Flake died?
Who asked?
NOBODY CARES!
Ten years from now people will say, “Um, that congresscritter, what’s his face, from, um, one of those south western states. Ah, never mind, what I was going to say wasn’t important.”
I'm not a Repub so much anymore as a Trumplican.
Another anti Trump Moron
File that piece in the “who gives a shit” file.
Jeff is a Flake. He is not news and will never be again!
Flake? Who gives a flying F***K about this wackjob turncoat loser.
He fooled the people once but they learned and told him in no uncertain terms that his political career as a Senator was kaput, along with his integrity.
Like dandruff flakes, he too will blow away into oblivion.
#8. What is he now? A professional ahole from what I can tell, but then again, he was one when he was a Senator.
Dealing with him is one reason we are running low on toilet paper.
The Republicans you listed are loyal Americans.
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Upon further reflection, I have to question that.
They all support amnesty for illegal aliens that will turn the USA into North Mexico.
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