Showing posts with label Flake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flake. Show all posts

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Opinion | Jeff Flake: My Fellow Republicans, Trump Is Destroying Us - The New York Times

..." My fellow Republicans, as Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of Georgia has shown us this week, there is power in standing up to the rank corruptions of a demagogue. Mr. Trump can't hurt you. But he is destroying us."

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Trump may soon find himself battling 5 Republicans for re-election -- they could help Democrats win the White House - Raw Story

A same-party primary challenge against a sitting president is not unheard of. Five members of a sitting president's party would be extraordinary. Currently, only former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld has officially declared he is running for the Republican nomination for president. ....
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2019/08/trump-may-soon-find-himself-battling-5-republicans-for-re-election-they-could-help-democrats-win-the-white-house/

Monday, April 8, 2019

Flake opens up about threats against him and his family - The Hill

Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said there are "several" threats made against him and his family from Trump supporters being investigated because of his criticisms of the president....
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/437503-flake-opens-up-about-threats-against-him-and-his-family

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Meet One of the Sex Assault Survivors Who Confronted Jeff Flake & Triggered FBI Probe of Kavanaugh - YouTube

Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona was on his way to cast his vote, shortly after announcing his intentions to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, when he was confronted in an elevator by two women who are sexual assault survivors. The women held open the elevator door, telling Flake, through their tears, that he was dismissing their pain. Soon after, Flake surprised his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee by advancing Kavanaugh’s nomination but asking for an FBI investigation before the full Senate vote. President Trump has now ordered an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh. We speak with Ana MarĂ­a Archila, one of the women credited with helping to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation.....

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Jeff Flake threatens to block Trump's appellate court nominees over Cuba travel, tariffs -

Sen. Jeff Flake is warning that he may block votes on the nominations of all of President Donald Trump's pending appellate court nominees unless he gets favorable action on two issues unrelated to the judiciary.....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/flake-circuit-court-nominees/index.html

Friday, June 15, 2018

Jeff Flake At Harvard Law Commencement: 'We May Have Hit Bottom' (Jane Clayson, On Point)

In a speech delivered at Harvard Law School's 2018 Class Day last Wednesday, U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) criticized President Trump and Congress, saying the presidency has been "debased."
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/05/29/jeff-flake-at-harvard-law-commencement-we-may-have-hit-bottom

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Senator who votes with Trump 85% of time disses Trump - Salon

Soon-to-be-retired Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., took his anti-Trump propaganda to New Hampshire on Friday. While there, Flake issued a plaintive cry for a GOP candidate to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, saying that conservatives are "yearning" for a "traditional conservative message."....
https://www.salon.com/2018/03/16/senator-who-votes-with-trump-85-percent-of-time-disses-trump/

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake Comes Out And Says It: 'My Party Might Not Deserve To Lead' - HuffPost

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) took aim at his own party over its unwavering support of President Donald Trump....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-flake-republicans-lead_us_5aab28aae4b0c33361af33a6

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Donald Trump’s ‘fake news’ epithet emboldens despots around the world | PolitiFact

Hours before President Donald Trump revealed the recipients of his "fake news awards," one Republican lawmaker took to the Senate floor to deliver a stern warning about the perils of undermining journalism. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., cautioned that Trump’s anti-press rhetoric, such as calling the New York Times, CNN and ABC News an "enemy of the American people," serves to embolden repressive governments around the world....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jan/22/jeff-flake/donald-trumps-fake-news-epithet-emboldens-despots-/


Saturday, January 20, 2018

Jeff Flake Blames Trump and McConnell for Bringing Government to Brink of Shutdown -- The Daily Beast

As Sen. Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) break from President Donald Trump intensifies, the outspoken lawmaker appears headed for another intra-GOP face-off—with the leader of his party in the Senate. After a marathon session on Thursday night, Flake emerged from the Senate chamber frustrated with his Republican colleagues, in particular Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/exasperated-jeff-flake-bucks-mitch-mcconnell-sides-with-dems-on-shutdown

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Read Sen. Jeff Flake's speech criticizing Trump - CNNPolitics

(CNN)Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) took to the Senate floor Wednesday to rebuke President Donald Trump for his repeated attacks on the media. Read Flake's speech as it was prepared for delivery:

Mr. President, near the beginning of the document that made us free, our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident ..." So, from our very beginnings, our freedom has been predicated on truth. The founders were visionary in this regard, understanding well that good faith and shared facts between the governed and the government would be the very basis of this ongoing idea of America.

As the distinguished former member of this body, Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, famously said: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." During the past year, I am alarmed to say that Senator Moynihan's proposition has likely been tested more severely than at any time in our history.

It is for that reason that I rise today, to talk about the truth, and its relationship to democracy. For without truth, and a principled fidelity to truth and to shared facts, Mr. President, our democracy will not last. 2017 was a year which saw the truth -- objective, empirical, evidence-based truth -- more battered and abused than any other in the history of our country, at the hands of the most powerful figure in our government...
Interview:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/17/politics/jeff-flake-speech/index.html

WATCH: Sen. Jeff Flake discusses Trump administration on Senate Floor

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) speaks about the state of the Trump administration on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/o4qTJ2H1Ou0







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