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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Swalwell to Flake: "Time to switch over. That will outlive a tweet."
Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell 2h2 hours ago
I agree. But if my colleagues didnt join me and condemn it, too, Id probably wonder whether I should still call them my colleagues. Youve acted honorably throughout this nightmare, Senator. Its now time to switch over. That will outlive a tweet.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)...
Leith
(7,809 posts)Very few rethug senators and congresscritters do anything but sit there and look worried. Where's the gumption and vitriol they show Democrats at every opportunity?
Nice of Flake to say that, but the fact remains that he has been voting in near lockstep with the hair furor since January 2017. Jeffie needs to make a lot more changes before switching parties.
Flake only has a few more months left in the Senate. Why doesn't he change his registration to Independent and caucus with the Democrats if he wants to make his mark?
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)LS_Editor
(893 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)poli-junkie
(1,002 posts)marble falls
(57,112 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)That's putting it mildly....
orangecrush
(19,573 posts)spanone
(135,846 posts)and a....flake
DownriverDem
(6,229 posts)Flake wants to run for something else (governor?). I'm sure he wants to run as a repub.
Hulk
(6,699 posts)What difference does it make. When your ideology is aligned with the "old GOP", there is no way you can accept the Democratic Party. Anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-equal rights for women/minorities/sexual orientation, starve government/build massive military and promote imperialistic ideals; shit, your wasting your time, and who wants him.
He's found someone who exemplifies the repuKKKe agenda without care or caution. He's appalled. But he's still part of that gop. Wasted energy and attention. We found a republican with a soul....that's all.
cstanleytech
(26,299 posts)either as a future run for the Whitehouse in 2020/2024 or for state governor but either way he has no intention of ever actually changing parties.
After all look at his voting record on things like that tax cut for the wealthy and corporations.
PaulX2
(2,032 posts)So what if he is slightly anti-Klan.
He is evil like the rest of his party.
So he doesn't like Trump. Who (with a soul) could like Trump?
catbyte
(34,406 posts)Flake falls right in line. He voted with him 92% of the time. Talk is cheap.
https://www.axios.com/flake-voted-with-trump-92-of-the-time-1513306423-7f195bd2-4e01-4da5-b6ed-98204d98e480.html
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)RainCaster
(10,885 posts)It would be a first
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)That is why he would never change his party registration.
The funny thing is, he and Rand Paul are both libertarians. If they both changed their party registration from R to L and caucused independently, they could control the senate leadership and agenda. But both are too dumb to realize it.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)take a stand for American democracy
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)These anti-Trump Republicans refuse to acknowledge that the pre-Trump GOP is what led to the rise of Trump. 50 years of hateful rhetoric and policy created this monster, so stop acting like the pre-Trump GOP was just dandy.