The Arizona Republic published this statement regarding US Senator Jeff Flake's decision to retire from the US Senate:
Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President
Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the
remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the
remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
The bombshell, which Flake, R-Ariz., delivered Tuesday afternoon on the
Senate floor, will further roil Republican hopes of keeping the party's 52-seat
Senate majority in the midterm elections of Trump's first term, when the
president's party historically loses seats in Congress.
Senate floor, will further roil Republican hopes of keeping the party's 52-seat
Senate majority in the midterm elections of Trump's first term, when the
president's party historically loses seats in Congress.
Honestly, it's not much of a bombshell as much as it's a cause for celebration.
This US Senator wants to tout his conservative credentials.
Yet he was dishonest with Arizona voters when he joined with Democrat to pass a grand amnesty, aka corrupt bargain against the best interests of Arizona voters as well as the country.
He has no business claiming the mantle of contrarian Barry Goldwater, first of all because McCain replaced Goldwater in 1986, but also because the principled libertarianism of the 1964 Presidential candidate has not found a home within Flake's voting record.
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The anti-Trump sentiment of the elitist Flake is so out of step with the voters in his state, that he had no choice but to step down or face a massive beat-down in the August primary next year,
It also likely will upend the race for Flake's seat. Flake, who is
among the Senate's more prominent critics of Trump, had been struggling in the
polls.
among the Senate's more prominent critics of Trump, had been struggling in the
polls.
He told The Arizona Republic ahead of his announcement that he had
become convinced "there may not be a place for a Republican like me in the
current Republican climate or the current Republican Party."
become convinced "there may not be a place for a Republican like me in the
current Republican climate or the current Republican Party."
The current Republican Party has been opposed to amnesty, open borders, and mass migration for decades. The GOP hasn't gone anywhere. Flake has fled from the ground principles on which he had run for office in 2012.
I am glad to see him go!