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Flake: I sometimes feel like I'm 'without a party'
The Hill ^ | 10/01/18 1 | MICHAEL BURKE

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.).


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Arizona; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: New Hampshire
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The Republican Party didn't leave you, Mr. Flake. You left the Republican Party.
1 posted on 10/01/2018 8:45:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

And soon to be “without a job”


2 posted on 10/01/2018 8:46:21 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: yesthatjallen

Treason is like that. Flake should never be allowed to rest.


3 posted on 10/01/2018 8:46:22 PM PDT by Pelham (California, how mass immigration transforms America into Obamaland)
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To: yesthatjallen

He’s really expects the Republicans to beg for him to come back. Schmuck.


4 posted on 10/01/2018 8:47:12 PM PDT by Notthereyet (Notthereyet)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh poor flaky Flake.

His owners are being mean to him.


5 posted on 10/01/2018 8:48:06 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: yesthatjallen

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.


6 posted on 10/01/2018 8:48:40 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: yesthatjallen

“Conan, what is best in life?

Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!


7 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:28 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Attention whore senator.


8 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:33 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Ya, Just keep making excuses for you and Mr. K to make fools of yourselves, seeking to challenge Trump in 2020.

Your transparent 3rd party scheme to take votes from Trump and seat the SOCIALIST the Dems put up, is PATHETIC!

9 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:34 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: yesthatjallen

No, you’re just without a BRAIN.


10 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:36 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Good lord, what a drama queen. This guy can’t go soon enough. He makes Jim Jeffords look normal.


11 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:48 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: yesthatjallen

Without a brain.


12 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:54 PM PDT by detective
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To: yesthatjallen

Arlen Flake


13 posted on 10/01/2018 8:49:57 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: yesthatjallen

Poor baby


14 posted on 10/01/2018 8:50:17 PM PDT by Singermom
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To: yesthatjallen

More like, you’re without a spine, Flakey.


15 posted on 10/01/2018 8:50:52 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: yesthatjallen

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.


16 posted on 10/01/2018 8:50:56 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: beethovenfan

He should be investigated on how often he blacks out.


17 posted on 10/01/2018 8:51:03 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

“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.


18 posted on 10/01/2018 8:51:46 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Singermom

He should leave Arizona. He’s an unpopular disgrace.


19 posted on 10/01/2018 8:51:49 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: yesthatjallen

This unprincipled guy cannot exit the public stage soon enough.


20 posted on 10/01/2018 8:51:53 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Her. Up.)
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