Flake not ruling out presidential bid

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY BRETT SAMUELS - 12/24/17 11:12 AM EST

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Sunday said if President Trump could see a Republican or independent challenger in 2020, adding that he’s not ruling out a possible White House bid himself.

“I do believe if the president is running for reelection, if he continues on the path that he’s on, that that’s going to leave a huge swath of voters looking for something else,” Flake said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Flake, who announced he is not running for reelection to the Senate in 2018, has been a vocal critic of Trump and the Republican Party under his leadership.

Flake said Sunday the GOP is largely appealing to "older white men," adding that the party must find a governing philosophy to be successful in the future.

Link to tweet

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/366369-flake-not-ruling-out-presidential-bid

[dalton99a]

1. Proceed, asshole

[n2doc]

2. Oh boy, a RWNJ who is too cowardly to admit it

Votes for all of Trump's goons and scams, then complains about Trump. F-off Flake. You have the right name.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[ChazInAz]

35. Indeed.

Here in Arizona, he is often referred to as "The Flakey Waffleman", by those of us who had watched his shenanigans in local politics before he stumbled onto the national stage.

[Botany]

3. Please he voted for this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210020691

1st posted by JimGinPA

And Then There's This...

"Meals on Wheels. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Farm aid. National Flood Insurance. The Women, Infants and Children program. All left with none or almost no funding under the tax bill President Trump made law this morning."

-Southern Poverty Law Center

[dalton99a]

5. It was great fun

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-vote-congress.html

On the floor of the Senate, the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, observed the proceedings, as senators mingled. The Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona laughed as they spoke to each other while protesters implored them to change their minds and vote down the legislation.

[hatrack]

6. "Delusional, party of 4,339,098,467?"

[evilhime]

7. Not on your life!

He may be a critic of Trumplethinskin but he voted for the agenda anyway. So he's either a party soldier doing what he's told by leadership or he agrees with what he voted for - neither of those traits make him a viable choice IMHO. they are all so afraid of the fickle finger of the Tweet.

[comradebillyboy]

8. If he can't win a primary as an incumbant senator

I don't see how he wins the republican nomination. Maybe he'll run as a Green.

[shanny]

13. Riiiiiiight.

[old guy]

9. They may be looking for somebody else,

but it ain't gonna be you Bucko. You are destined for the dust bin of history.

[Norbert]

10. Even though you don't like the dicktator you voted for the tax scam

Good luck running on that 'accomplishment'.

[standingtall]

11. Another delusional republican

He must think Trumps personality is the only problem with the GOP and not GOP policies. The truth is Trumps personality is the manifestation of years of GOP policies.

[shanny]

12. Which party?

[turbinetree]

14. Hey ASSHOLE do you remember this encounter that lasted about 10:00 min. on a plane

This.............. asshole is your fucking legacy---------------, you own this moment , you were smiling in this mans face, knowing that you were going to fuck him over and millions of others, just so that your fascist republican party antics could get a tax cut, you fucking asshole.

You and 51 other assholes just placed Medicare and Social Security in the bulls eyes, to balance "YOUR REPUBLICAN Deficit", do you know asshole how many Arizonans are going to be fucked because of your fucking vote to give billionaires and millionaires my money and my benefits, well my father and my step mother living on Social Security and Medicare, and who served in the Korean War are now in jeopardy asshole and they live in a retirement community in Arizona.

FUCK YOU......................


And now there are two woman that are wanting to take your place, and they are just as disgusting as you are, they believe in the same fucking policy that you support----------basically looking people in the eyes and lying like a piece of shit..................they do not support Social Security and Medicare


They will not get voted into the senate, they too support a fucking traitor sitting at Mar A Lago fucking golfing----------------

[RVN VET71]

18. Would he run on the Colorectal ticket?

He's an asshole, so he'd qualify.

[sandensea]

15. That's why he was pretending to be coy about the Cheeto tax cheat.

Man's as crooked as his nose.

[not fooled]

16. Oh, yeah he's an asshole

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but who do the pukes have that's any better, i.e. not even worse? After wracking my brain, I literally can't think of anyone who isn't even more of a vicious crackpot. And yeah, I'm lookin' at you, Mr. Forced-Carry-Your Downs-Fetus kasuck.

And fluke apparently is a hard core libertarian, which is prolly his rationale for voting for the GOPee tax heist. He thinks there will be free market unicorns and rainbows springing up all over, or some shit like that. Or he doesn't care.

No puke who voted for or supports the tax scam should ever be elected or re-elected to any office, ever. let alone the presidency. Guess that rules out all current GOPee senators. What a tragedy for the nation. Please pardon me while I mourn. NOT.

[NNadir]

17. Maybe it will split the asshole vote. n/t

[Hortensis]

25. Between the Kochs' Flake and the Kochs' Gregg Abbott?

Or the Kochs': VP Pence? Paul Ryan? Orrin Hatch? Scott Walker? Or?

Otoh, both the Tea Party and Trump were populist revolts against what the Kochist machines were doing. Very unfortunately, both revolts ended up controlled by their enemies. Not the brightest bulbs and very little sign of even slow learning.

[NCjack]

19. Flake -- the profile in cowardliness guy -- running for prez? Good for the

popcorn farmers.

[dchill]

20. Anybody can run for president...

as long as they didn't pose for any pictures.

[madinmaryland]

22. Kind of like these...

[dchill]

28. What I'm SAYIN'!

[Skittles]

21. um, the guy who voted to gut healthcare after talking to the guy on the plane?

what a gutless coward he is

[marble falls]

23. Oh jeez. The White Horse prophesy. He thinks he's ordained by G*d to save the "Republic".

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[not fooled]

29. This could get interesting

mittens vs. fluke. Who's gonna be the first lsd president? Only dog knows.

[marble falls]

30. I don't think Mitt wants to get beat up again and Flake might not be able to take either Az or UT.

[tomp]

33. you mean lds, right? or do you know something about their drug history I don't? nt

[not fooled]

34. It was

deliberate misspelling, done with satirical intent.

Perhaps that's how the golden salamander and all that other stuff arose. A little ergot in the rye...

[tomp]

36. Something makes them crazy.

Ergot in the rye as good an explanation as any.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. If he pulls the Libertarians off their default

Republican vote, I'm all for Flake jumping in.

[Cary]

26. So called center left Republican$$$ have to extricate themselves from their deal with the devil

That won't happen any time soon.

[Laffy Kat]

27. Like we didn't see this coming up Sixth Avenue. nt

[BigmanPigman]

31. This is why I read DU comments...

people here have a brain and aren't afraid to use it!

[tomp]

32. and so it begins...

...the run up to 2020 for the repubs. when will the others start chiming in?

even the repub "moderates" are total assholes, but that doesn't mean they can't convince people otherwise.

[duforsure]

37. Several things he needs to do

Commit he'll have Mueller finish if trump fires him and rolling back this tax scam plan.

[Justice]

38. Corker, Collins, and Flake staked out position against Trump

Trump but all forfeited any chance when voted for tax fraud bill.