Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake says he will not vote for Trump

[Norbert]

Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said in a new interview that he will not vote for President Trump in November, citing concerns going back before the 2016 campaign.

"I just couldn't support [Trump] long before he started to run. The birtherism thing was just too much for me. And then it piled on," Flake, a frequent critic of the president, told The Washington Post.

Flake also said that a second Trump term could turn younger voters away from the Republican Party, pointing to issues including immigration and the environment...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/495014-former-sen-jeff-flake-says-he-will-not-vote-for-donald-trump?fbclid=IwAR2tG-RjJjMMa4QupZdNFG50xzhGVO6qKDD8bBl2y52RIF1ziVlslb2lDu8#.XqhWhmfkM2k.facebook

[zonemaster]

1. Fuck Jeff Flake

He should have done something when he had innumerable chances.

[Adsos Letter]

2. +1

[Baltimike]

7. this. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

3. So Jeffery is not following Church doctrine.

Interesting.

[obamanut2012]

12. My thought, too

[Wellstone ruled]

13. No surprise,

btw,we are getting daily invasions from the same Crowd coming in from Utah.

Seems the Invasion intensify's each Thursday and ends on Saturday evening.

[elleng]

4. Folks, we should celebrate, at least congratulate/thank those who do this,

FOOLISH NOT to do so.

[zonemaster]

6. Words today have almost zero value

Perhaps even negative value, because when we think words are worth something, and behave as if they are worth something, and it causes us to delay or never to actually do something concrete, remediation never occurs. That's why we've wound up with people like Jeff Flake and Susan Collins.

Actions are infinitely more valuable than words, furrowed brows or miscellaneous milque-toasty utterrances of concern.

[Under The Radar]

5. If he had a stronger spine while in office, I think his popularity

...would have been much higher. Never Trumper’s are still looking for someone to hang their hat on.

[Brother Mythos]

8. I think the operative word here is "Former."

I don't recall that has-been every not voting in favor of passing any high profile bill that Trump wanted to be passed. So, are we supposed to now believe that he's, somehow, managed to grow a spine?

[UTUSN]

9. Well, every vote counts, but FLAKE coulda showed guts, stay inside to fight SHITLER.

[DFW]

10. Flake HAD the chance to back his words up with actions

Instead, like Susan Collins, he voiced his "concern," and then voted with Trump almost every time when he had the chance in the Senate.

If there is anyone who thinks that Flake would vote differently today on ANY major issue or nomination than he did when he had the chance while he was a Senator, I can only say that I admire your optimism, and please say hi to the Tooth Fairy for me when you see her tonight.

[Stuart G]

11. This could be an opening for Flake as a Republican to run against Trump. Very Important.

If he gets support from some, he might do that. And if Flake does run, based on the last sentence,

"a second Trump term could turn younger voters away from the Republican Party, pointing to issues including immigration and the environment...

The election is over, and Biden wins. Some a few moderates, will peal away from Trump and support Flake, and insure Biden's win. I am totally in favor of Flake doing that. We must win, and perhaps that is Flake's way of helping to destroy Trump.

Flake knows that Trump is destroying the Republican Party, as well as this country. If Flake runs, I will send him money.

[romana]

14. Lives up to his name

Real profile in courage, there.

[NCjack]

15. He almost acted like a man several times. But the lack of guts and

spine was too much. So, he just gave off some steam and odor, like a fresh pile of shit.