To Steve Bannon's allies, Jeff Flake's departure is a win

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

In Steve Bannon's war on what he views as the establishment GOP, Bannon's allies are counting Sen. Jeff Flake's retirement announcement as a victory.

Bannon served as President Trump's former chief strategist, but is now pledging to wage war on behalf of Mr. Trump against who he believes are detractors in his own party from his perch at the helm of Breitbart News. Bannon declared a "Steve Bannon predicts Trump will win 400 electoral votes in 2020 at Values Voters Summit" earlier this month.

When Flake, an Arizona Republican who has spoken out against the president, announced he will not run for reelection in 2018 so he can "better serve my country and conscience," Breitbart posted "WINNING" 14 times in a row in a single tweet.

An ally of Bannon's said Flake's departure only added to the triumph of ultra-conservative Roy Moore over Luther Strange in the Alabama Republican primary, and the upcoming departure of increasingly-outspoken Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who has said he is not running for re-election. Mr. Trump campaigned for Strange, but it was Moore who had the backing of far-right supporters like Bannon and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/to-bannon-allies-jeff-flakes-departure-is-a-win/

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So has Bannon moved out of his mother's basement?

Seriously, this washed up has-been whose only gainful employment was writing for a niche right wing propaganda website now fancies himself a king-maker.

[msongs]

1. heinrich himmler was a chicken farmer first of all nt

[Matthew28]

2. The radical

Anti-poor, anti-government and Anti-American witch will probably win. This really sucks. Flake should have ran as a democrat if he was serious.

[Grassy Knoll]

3. Taking A Shower Would Be A Win...

..The Anti-Soap Ass Crusty Party.

[Dopers_Greed]

4. What the hell is Flake thinking?

By retiring, he has basically handed Trump even more power on a silver platter.

[murielm99]

5. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Flake was vulnerable in the first place and we all knew it. This is a logical time for him to retire.

What we need to do is work hard to turn the seat with a Democratic win.

Flake certainly has not handed trump even more power. Let's GOTV and prove it.

In the meantime, let's stop making it look like Bannon is ten feet tall. He is a piece of crap with very little power or anything else. We should be laughing at him every chance we get. And we should be hoping that Mueller has something on him. Bannon is anything but honest.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "What we need to do is work hard to turn the seat with a Democratic win."

Based on 2016, definitely a state to try to flip -

http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/arizona/

[Yupster]

6. He was going to get trounced in the primary

He has been polling back in Arizona and decided he had no chance.

Rather than lose the primary and then have Trump make fun of him, he gets to resign and go after Trump.

It was his best option.

[inwiththenew]

8. This is like Trump disbanding his CEO leadership group as everyone was leaving

Flake's goose was cooked. He was as good as done and would rather quit and save face than get stomped and lose his seat through a primary defeat.

[Loyd]

9. Of course it is!

Flake's abandoning the fight by not running. Yes, he'd probably lose, but that would be better than what he actually did, which looks like cowering before Trump.