He says the current politics dominated by Trump is a “spell” that will pass. Yeah, no. It’s the reality of the people having had enough of being used like dirty dishrags by an increasingly remote and disconnected elite. It’s a sign we’re not just yet ready to condemn the future because a certain crowd thinks the Normals are hamsters in their big government tax-paying wheel. All the while turning this country and the world into a dumpster-fire.
And he’s not leaving out of some principle. He’s leaving because he can’t win the nomination with an 18% approval rating. Call that a spell if you want, in the real world we call that ‘you failed’ Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Donald Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
The bombshell, which Flake, R-Ariz., intended to detail Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor, will further roil Republican hopes of keeping the party’s 52-seat Senate majority in the midterm elections of Trump’s first term, when the president’s party historically loses seats in Congress.
Flake said he has not “soured on the Senate” and loves the institution, but that as a traditional, libertarian-leaning conservative Republican he is out of step with today’s Trump-dominated GOP.
“This spell will pass, but not by next year,” Flake said.
Among Republican primary voters, there’s overwhelming support for Trump’s positions and “behavior,” Flake said, and one of their top concerns is whether a candidate is with the president or against him. While Flake said he is with Trump on some issues, on other issues he is not. And Trump definitely views him as a foe, having denounced Flake publicly and called him “toxic” on Twitter.
Hit the road, Flake. You’re fired! #Next
Nope, you can’t quit, you’re fired. And leave the furniture and office supplies when you exit.
Boy, you sure learn a lot about people when they lose.
Very good. The establishment made 2 major plays to support Flake. 1) Flake issued a book earlier this year (which I presume that the establishment got someone to ghostwrite it for him) which they gave a Goldwater title of Conscience of a Conservative. (Flake’s speech sounded like it was based on this book). Reaction to book was negative, Goldwater reference be darned. 2) 2 advisors to Kelli Ward resigned recently at the same time saying that now that they had seen Ward close-up they found her not fit. I assume that the advisors were from the establishment and since they couldn’t ‘help’ Ward to lose traction, they did a last second desperation play. Voters yawned.
Establishment was successful with last minute plays for Murkowski and Cochran. Not here. Because landscape has changed which includes I believe, Bannon helping support candidates at the close of campaigns even if he had nothing to do with their success to that point.