GOP Sen. Flake was asked to defend Trumps Mar-a-Lago trips. It didnt go well.
President Trump is spending Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago. It’s the seventh weekend he’s spent at his private club in Florida in the 12 weeks since his inauguration.
On Friday morning, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula to reach a fever pitch, the president headed to the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, marking the eleventh straight weekend he’s visited a Trump-branded property.
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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was asked about Trump’s travel during a town hall on Thursday night.
“As a fiscal conservative, what is your position on all the weekend trips that the preisdent makes down to Mar-a-Lago?” an attendee asked.
The senator responded with a false equivalency.
“With regard to presidents and what they do on the weekend, I’m not going to criticize presidents,” Flake said, as boos erupted. “I refrained from criticizing President Obama, and I’ll refrain from criticizing President Trump.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=955&v=SPF4PwSC0oE
https://thinkprogress.org/jeff-flake-town-hall-trump-mar-a-lago-2726fb9c44b8
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