Republican Senator Jeff Flake Announces Retirement, Blames Trump (Video)
Another Republican Senator quits Trump’s Republican Party.
In a bombshell announcement, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) announced from the Senate floor that he will not run for reelection in 2018.
Senator Flake told his colleagues that he will not run for reelection.
Flake joins Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) who announced several weeks ago that he would not run for re-election.
Here is some of what Flake had to say in his announcement:
“It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end.”
Jeff Flake: "It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/716SOhCxOv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
“We must never meekly accept… the personal attacks, threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions.”
“None of these appalling features of our current politics should ever be regarded as normal.”
Jeff Flake: "We must never meekly accept… the personal attacks, threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions." pic.twitter.com/CP0s5pREQL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
“Such behavior does not project strength because our strength comes from our values. It instead projects the corruption of the spirit.”
"Such behavior does not project strength because our strength comes from our values. It instead projects the corruption of the spirit." pic.twitter.com/7SYwiK9G3l
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
“Mr. President, I rise today to say ‘enough’.”
Jeff Flake: "Mr. President, I rise today to say 'enough'." pic.twitter.com/bJHU4JIX6U
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
“It is clear at this moment that a traditional conservative has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican Party.”
Flake: "It is clear at this moment that a traditional conservative has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican Party." pic.twitter.com/gfmthLHBeQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
“Were the shoe on the other foot, would Republicans accept such behavior on display from dominant Democrats? Of course, we wouldn’t.”
Flake: "Were the shoe on the other foot, would Republicans accept such behavior on display from dominant Democrats? Of course, we wouldn't." pic.twitter.com/bX94hHmwwx
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2017
[image via ABC News]
