Ex-GOP Senator Jeff Flake urges Republicans to stand up to Trump ahead of certification

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'How many injuries to American democracy can my Republican Party tolerate, excuse and champion?' Flake wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday.

"It is hard to comprehend how so many of my fellow Republicans were able — and are still able — to engage in the fantasy that they had not abruptly abandoned the principles they claimed to believe in," Flake wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday inThe former senator from Arizona called on conservatives to follow in the footsteps of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whom the president asked to"find 11,780 votes" that would overturn the election"My fellow...

After serving six terms in the House of Representatives and six years in the Senate, the lifelong Republican decided not to seek a second term in the Senate after the GOP embraced Trump. "In a speech on the Senate floor on Oct. 24, 2017, I announced that because of the turn my party had taken, I would not run for re-election: the career of a politician that is complicit in undermining his own values doesn't mean much," Flake wrote.

Sen. Jeff Flake speaks to reporters following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill November 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. In an op-ed published Wednesday, Flake urged Republicans to stand up to President Donald Trump's efforts to block Congress' certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election.While his"obligation to end [his] congressional career by speaking out in defiance," Flake told a different story he saw during his early years in Congress.

 

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Oh fuck!! Spineless jellyfish says what?

Trump is the GOP

Why? Their self-destruction is not yet complete.

TRUMP MAKES A GOOD CASE FOR TOTALLY DISSOLVING THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICAN'S AND OTHER COUNTRIES IS REPUBLICANS ! HOLD TRAITOR TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE, JAIL THE MORON. he got $ 5.6 MILLION dollar bonus from CHINA ? take that and everything else

He was too an enabler this entire time so please stop trying to look innocent now

Narrator: but they would not stand up to trump...ever.

Now he found his voice-after leaving office. Good for him. Bless his heart.

This guy is nothing but empty words. He had chances to act but simply chose to talk.

just like you did flake ? you wimpering baby

Trump is still learning about how America works.

Mr.Trump You did your very best... You lied You endorsed conspiracy theories You belittled good people You called everyone childish names You tweeted nonstop nonsense You defended dictators You called other countries shit-holes You created division... It was a good run, sir...

Poor little lamb.

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