Biden nominates ex-GOP Sen. Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey

[George II]

Source: Politico

President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated former Sen. Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey, extending a high-profile diplomatic post to the anti-Trump Republican.

Flake praised the Biden administration’s “strong, experienced and capable team representing U.S. interests abroad,” and nodded to the significance of selecting him for such a strategically important post.

“With this nomination, the Biden Administration reaffirms the best tradition of American foreign policy and diplomacy: the credo that partisan politics should stop at the water’s edge,” Flake said in a statement. “U.S. foreign policy can and should be bipartisan. That is my belief as well, and my commitment.”

Biden met with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey in June as part of his diplomatic swing through Europe and has sought to smooth out the tensions between the two countries in recent years, though Biden infuriated Turkey earlier this year by formally recognizing the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire over a century ago.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/13/jeff-flake-turkey-ambassador-499515

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Ha! Will Mitch block his nomination?

[Budi]

3. You know he'd do it!

...Demanding only loyal purity, or else!

#DitchMitch

[Polybius]

8. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) already came out in support of Flake

Nothing Mitch can do, Flake will get Republican votes.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. My guess is they're fellow Mormons which means Romney will also vote for him

Flake will coast ... iirc it's very uncommon for the Senate to refuse an ambassadorship.

[Budi]

2. A good start, Mr President

“With this nomination, the Biden Administration reaffirms the best tradition of American foreign policy and diplomacy: the credo that partisan politics should stop at the water’s edge,” Flake said in a statement. “U.S. foreign policy can and should be bipartisan. That is my belief as well, and my commitment.”

[Kali]

4. interesting

[bringthePaine]

5. ok, sending a turkey to Turkey is pretty damn funny🦃

[oasis]

6. "Flakey" Jeff is a Turkey. nt

[Historic NY]

7. LOL we have a winner

[NCjack]

9. Interesting turn-about for TFG. ("Hey, Jeff, for good ol' times sake,

please break the freeze that Turkey has on Trump Steaks being delivered to my hotel." "I looked into it Mr. Trump -- that meat is rotten and was condemned by the health inspector. Destroyed yesterday. Turks sending you a processing bill. Regards. Flake.&quot