Flake: I Won't Hold Up SCOTUS Pick In Order To Force Tariff Vote
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Matt Shuham | June 28, 2018 11:02 am
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said Wednesday that he would not hold up President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat as leverage in his push to get a vote on the President’s tariffs.
“There are lots of folks out there who assume because I’ve not been in line with lots of the President’s policies, and certainly haven’t condoned his behavior, that I should oppose everything, every one of the President’s nominees or whatever,” Flake told the Arizona Republic. “I’ve never taken that position.”
“I certainly wasn’t anticipating a Supreme Court vacancy, but it’s unaffected,” he added.
Flake’s recent actions on the Senate Judiciary Committee started attracting attention a week ago, when a committee vote on appeals court nominee Britt Grantt was cancelled because Flake had withheld his vote for the second week in a row. The retiring Arizona senator later confirmed that he was trying to put pressure on his fellow Republicans to rein in Trump’s tariffs on allies, including Canada, Mexico and the European Union.
“Congress ought to stand up and say ‘No, we’re not going to do that. You can’t use Section 232 to claim that Canada is a national security threat,’” Flake said Sunday. “That’s not who we are.”
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You truly are a spineless evil person. with no fucking principles ......................and any news outlet that brings you on are are enabling your spineless evil mantra
You created this shit.......................and you should be reminded that you created this shit ........................asshole
Get out and vote...................November 2018 cannot get fast enough
Solution:
https://kyrstensinema.com/
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flake is correct name for this POS
these fucking spineless haters of ameriKKKa are going to get the storm their hate, racism and bigotry is creating out here....it ain't going to be pretty folks...american soldiers shooting down americans...I think if this potus is not impeached and our vote in November is suppressed, conned, hacked by russian dictators with their trump puppet this is a possible outcome when people are oppressed by fascist dictators.
This backlash by white people is truly amazing on the heels of President Barack Obama. Truly amazing.
He's aptly named, that 'Flake'. 