When Donald Trump first took office, there was little Republican resistance against him. There was John McCain of course. There was also push-back from Tennessee’s Bob Corker. But Jeff Flake was commonly the loudest Republican voice against Trump. The Arizona lawmaker retired in 2018 and has continued to distance himself from the GOP. Flake announced…
Former Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake, who broke from his party over its allegiance to former President Donald Trump, has urged the GOP to move on from him in the wake of a highly publicized impeachment trial that ended with the former president being acquitted despite inciting an insurrection against Congress. “My fellow Republicans, to…
Late last night, ex-Senator Jeff Flake, a Republican who represented the state of Arizona until he announced he would not seek reelection in 2018, criticized President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the November 3 general election. “There is long-term damage when this kind of behavior is normalized. It is not normal, and…
Jeff Flake will formally endorse Joe Biden for president along with more than two dozens former Republican members of the House and Senate, the campaign has announced. Twenty-seven former senators and congressman from the Republican Party have thrown their weight behind the Democratic presidential nominee, while Flake is the most well-known. “Today, on the first…
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont both criticized conservative media outlets like Fox News for smearing Jamal Khashoggi.
Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona is now in charge of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and he knows it. Flake knows that Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell need his vote in favor of Kavanaugh. He knows that if he votes “no†then Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are likely to vote…
This week’s FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh is happening only because of Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake and the two heroic women who pushed him into calling for it. Flake warned everyone up front that he’s still planning to support Kavanaugh in the full Senate vote unless the FBI probe turns up something disqualifying. Now…
Maria Gallagher may be the symbol of this year’s midterm elections. It was Gallagher who confronted Arizona Senator Jeff Flake in an elevator last week and said to him: “Don’t look away from me. Look at me and tell me that it doesn’t matter what happened to me, that you will let people like that…
The conservative assault on women’s basic human rights just doesn’t stop. And just as the GOP hired Arizona-based sex-crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to serve as a kind of figleaf to cover the obscene nakedness of their shameful misogyny, we also see Republican-aligned women coming out in full force to play an identity-politics game geared toward…
Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, one of the key senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, just issued a statement saying he will vote yes on Brett Kavanaugh‘s Supreme Court nomination. The news was first reported by CNN. His statement said in part: “After hearing more than 30 hours of testimony from Judge Kavanaugh earlier this…
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has been undecided on the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. On Tuesday she called for an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh. According to her, such an investigation would “clear up all the questions” surrounding Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. “I just asked…
In a speech on the Senate floor, Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona accused Donald of providing ‘aid and comfort’ to the enemy. Furious Jeff Flake comes close to calling Trump a traitor: ‘He gave aid and comfort to an enemy of democracy’ Furious Jeff Flake comes close to calling Trump a traitor: ‘He gave…
Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) blocked a bipartisan resolution of support for the intelligence community on the Russia scandal.
Retiring Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona is working on a resolution to counter President Donald Trump’s outrageous and treasonous comments from the joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. “I think we should pass a resolution on the heels of all this,” Flake told reporters in the Capitol. Flake said he…
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said that a few Republican Senators are ready to not approve any more Trump’s judicial nominees until they get a vote on tariffs.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) told Republicans that they need to speak up more against Trump’s lies, but the Arizona Senator again showed that his words are empty by offering no action.
Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona has made a name for himself by severely criticizing President Donald Trump, which is highly unusual considering they are from the same political party. The retiring senator made perhaps his harshest comments yet about Trump in his commencement address to Harvard Law School. His attack was directed not just at…
On Monday, we reported that a poll found that “the Arizona House special election between Democrat Dr. Hiral Tipirneni and her Republican opponent Debbie Lesko is in a statistical tie, with the Democrat holding a 1 point lead in a district that Trump carried by 21 points.” And now more Arizona opinion polls are showing a…
Sen. Jeff Flake took to the Senate floor to deliver a speech blistering Trump’s conspiracies and lies while warning Republicans of the destruction that they are enabling under this president.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) defended Democrats from Trump’s claim that Democrats are not acting in good faith on DACA and the Dreamers.
The embrace of Trumpism may play well to the base in the short term, but it’s a recipe for long-term disaster.Â
Roy Moore’s days in politics are numbered, even if he does eke out a victory in Alabama.
“I couldn’t sleep at night having to embrace the president or condoning his behavior or being okay with some of his positions,†he said. “I just couldn’t do it — it was never in the cards.â€
“What really matters are not words, it’s the actions,” Warren said, blasting GOP senators who speak out against Trump but fail to back up those words with meaningful action.
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake said on Wednesday he expected more Republican colleagues to speak out against Donald Trump’s behavior as well as his policies, one day after denouncing the Republican president in a speech.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) refused to say that Trump was mentally fit and able to handle the North Korea nuclear crisis.
Allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted Trump that he is heading for impeachment if he continues to attack Republican Senators, so Trump responded by attacking Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake. Billy Piper, McConnell’s former chief of staff said, “The quickest way for him to get impeached is for Trump to knock off Jeff Flake…
“We created him, and now we’re rationalizing him. When will it stop?” Republican Sen. Jeff Flake wrote in an op-ed published in Politico on Monday.
Asked if he would let undocumented workers stay, Trump said, “I’m not ruling out anything. We’re going to make that decision into the future. OK?”
Senate Democrats are bullish on background check legislation, they only need 3 more Republicans. There are 4 Republicans being targeted to flip their vote.
