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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLOL: GOP Senator Jeff Flake says he won't attend the GOP convention because he has to mow his lawn
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Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), another Trump holdout and vocal Trump critic, didnt even try to come up with a good excuse for why he wouldnt attend.
Ive got to mow my lawn, Flake told the AP.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-skipping-rnc_us_578936aee4b08608d3347f70
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)Obviously Sen. Flakey can't miss a week.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)they have lawns in Arizona?
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)What's he gonna go? Mow his cactuses?
vicman
(478 posts)All you have to do is visit the affluent suburbs of North Phoenix. Most of the homes have well-manicured, green lawns all year round. Also a pool or fountain in the back yard (often both). Many golf courses. Wonder where they get all that water? Grrr...
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)so they can bottle the desert water and ship it off! Pesky water!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-07-08/nebraska-sen-ben-sasse-will-take-his-kids-to-watch-some-dumpster-fires-instead-of-attending-gop-convention
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)Lisa Murkowski and Don Young aren't going either, "to spend more time for in-state campaigns and more time with their families".........
Sinking ship? Heck, the GOP is out-Titanicing (is that a word?) the Titanic!
tenderfoot
(8,438 posts)eom