Senator Jeff Flake will be out of office in about six weeks. The Arizona Republican did not run for re-election since he was showing at less than 25% support in the polls. Essentially no one in Arizona who knew him wanted to vote for him. Flake claims to be a conservative Republican, but he became a never-Trumper in 2016, and his support vanished. Democrats didn't want a conservative. Republicans didn't want a never-Trumper. So now it's time for Flake to hit the road, and he's come up with a parting shot. Flake has announced that he won't vote for any nominees during the remainder of his term unless the Senate first votes on a bill to "protect" the special prosecutor Robert Mueller from being fired. It's a totally ridiculous move that shows just who Flake truly is and what is important to him.
First of all, let's start with the fact that Mueller doesn't need protection. For the last year and a half, senators like Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have been pushing a bill to "protect" Mueller, but even though no such bill passed, Mueller is still there and his investigation has gone on unhindered. The "protect Mueller" movement has been just a political ploy. It lets liars like Blumenthal claim that the President is planning to fire Mueller and then make a big deal out of trying to stop him. Of course, if the President really wanted to fire Mueller, he would already have done so. One thing we all know is that President Trump has no trouble firing people. So this whole subject is nonsense.
Second, the nominations that Flake is trying to block are almost entirely of judicial conservatives who have been named to the federal courts. For a long time, Flake has professed that one of his goals as a senator was to see the crazy liberal judges who legislate from the bench reined in. That's exactly what these appointments help accomplish. So Flake is blocking the achievement of his supposed goal in order to support a nonsense move.
So what's the reason for this? The answer is simple. It is Flake's way of taking a personal shot at the President. He gets to claim that the President is going to fire Mueller and Flake is the one who stopped it. It's part of his vendetta towards Trump.
Flake deserves to be roundly condemned for this move. He's talked of running for president in 2020, but I think I have a better chance of getting the GOP nomination than he does and I have no chance. One nice thing to consider, however, is that Flake will soon be gone. Most likely, he will become a regular on CNN or MSNBC who have a constant need for so called Republicans that they can put on the air to criticize the President.
First of all, let's start with the fact that Mueller doesn't need protection. For the last year and a half, senators like Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have been pushing a bill to "protect" Mueller, but even though no such bill passed, Mueller is still there and his investigation has gone on unhindered. The "protect Mueller" movement has been just a political ploy. It lets liars like Blumenthal claim that the President is planning to fire Mueller and then make a big deal out of trying to stop him. Of course, if the President really wanted to fire Mueller, he would already have done so. One thing we all know is that President Trump has no trouble firing people. So this whole subject is nonsense.
Second, the nominations that Flake is trying to block are almost entirely of judicial conservatives who have been named to the federal courts. For a long time, Flake has professed that one of his goals as a senator was to see the crazy liberal judges who legislate from the bench reined in. That's exactly what these appointments help accomplish. So Flake is blocking the achievement of his supposed goal in order to support a nonsense move.
So what's the reason for this? The answer is simple. It is Flake's way of taking a personal shot at the President. He gets to claim that the President is going to fire Mueller and Flake is the one who stopped it. It's part of his vendetta towards Trump.
Flake deserves to be roundly condemned for this move. He's talked of running for president in 2020, but I think I have a better chance of getting the GOP nomination than he does and I have no chance. One nice thing to consider, however, is that Flake will soon be gone. Most likely, he will become a regular on CNN or MSNBC who have a constant need for so called Republicans that they can put on the air to criticize the President.
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