Retiring U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, an inveterate critic of President Donald Trump, charged in a Thursday speech to the National Press Club that his fellow Republicans “might not deserve to lead” because of their blind loyalty to the president.
The Arizonan also said he could wage a 2020 GOP primary challenge against Trump.
“It’s not in my plan to run for president, but I am not ruling it out. Somebody needs to stand up for traditional Republicanism,” Flake said. “Somebody needs to raise that, for nothing else than to give people hope that that decent party will be back. We’ll get through this.”
“It’s not in my plan to run for president, but I am not ruling it out. Somebody needs to stand up for traditional Republicanism.”
Flake’s comments came on the eve of his first solo political appearance in New Hampshire, the state expected to host the nation’s first presidential primary election in less than two years. Flake will deliver a speech Friday morning titled “Country Over Party,” as part of the esteemed “Politics and Eggs” speaker series at Saint Anselm College. – READ MORE
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