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AZ Senator Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election In 2018
Topic Started: Oct 24 2017, 03:10 PM (21 Views)
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Arizona Republic: Sen. Jeff Flake To Not Seek Re-Election In 2018

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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.

The bombshell, which Flake, R-Ariz., intended to detail 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.

It also likely will upend the race for Flake's seat.

Flake, one of the Senate's more prominent critics of President Donald Trump, has been struggling in the polls.

He told The Arizona Republic ahead of his announcement that he has become convinced "there may not be a place for a Republican like me in the current Republican climate or the current Republican Party."

Flake said he has not "soured on the Senate" and loves the institution, but that as a traditional, libertarian-leaning conservative Republican he is out of step with today's Trump-dominated GOP.

"This spell will pass, but not by next year," Flake said.

Among Republican primary voters, there's overwhelming support for Trump's positions and "behavior," Flake said, and one of their top concerns is whether a candidate is with the president or against him. While Flake said he is with Trump on some issues, on other issues he is not. And Trump definitely views him as a foe, having denounced Flake publicly and called him "toxic" on Twitter.

"Here's the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I'm not willing to take, and that I can't in good conscience take," Flake told The Republic in a telephone interview. "It would require me to believe in positions I don't hold on such issues as trade and immigration and it would require me to condone behavior that I cannot condone."

As of Sept. 30, Flake's campaign had $3.4 million on hand. He has continued to raise money — as recently as Thursday, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headlined a fundraiser for him in Arizona.

Flake said he has ruled out running as an independent rather than a Republican, saying he didn't think that was a viable strategy. He also said he has "no intention" of making a presidential run.
-Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/2017/10/24/republican-senator-jeff-flake-announces-not-running-senate-reelection-gop-primary-ward-trump/793952001/
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Thoughtful Twitter stream from journalist Ed Krassenstein....

(1) Jeff Flake, another Heroic GOP Senator who cares more about America than the Narrative and Propaganda that Trump is trying to spread.
(2) Republicans like Jeff Flake & Bob Corker shouldn't feel the need to resign their offices just so they can speak out against President Trump. What are we missing here? Why can't these representatives of our Senate stand up for the principles they believe & stand up against Trump?
(3) Today we are all Jeff Flake. "Mr. President, I rise today to say ENOUGH. The conduct from the top of government is dangerous to our democracy. I will no longer be complicit or silent We did not become great by calling true things fake.” - GOP Senator Jeff Flake
(4) Jeff Flake has made it clear that he will not tolerate President Trump's ways any longer. The GOP is breaking into two parties. The side with Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, & John McCain will be remembered in History as the heroes. The rest will be the villains.
(5) For those of you who had trouble understanding the big words in Senator Jeff Flake's speech today from the Senate floor, he basically said, "Mr. President, you are ruining America and you are a big F'ing Liar." Flake and Corker are now teammates for Team Anti-Trump!
(6) The fact that Jeff Flake is not seeking reelection but is planning on staying in office for another year and a half indicates that he has a mission to try and save the GOP and save America from President Trump before he leaves. Bob Corker now has an ally! America has another hero
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