Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake says he's voting for Harris

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Source: The Hill

10/21/24 7:46 AM ET


Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said on Sunday he’s voting for Vice President Harris, citing his conservative values and belief in the rule of law. “I’m voting for Kamala Harris, not in spite of being a Republican or a conservative, but because I am a conservative,” Flake said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Velshi.”

“Conservatives, first and foremost, believe in the rule of law, and to have a president, a former president, who lost a free and fair election and then attempted to overturn that election. How can a conservative support such a person?” he asked, referring to former President Trump.

Flake said he also thinks Harris is better on issues that used to be more closely associated with the Republican platform, like free trade and that “tariffs can be used” but only in “certain circumstances.” “But to believe that if we’re going to bring a bunch of money into the Treasury by using tariffs is just so antithetical to what Republicans believe,” Flake said.

Flake, who has endorsed Harris’s presidential bid, said he is playing “the long game” and wants to bring the Republican Party back to the values he says it once embraced.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4944383-jeff-flake-kamala-harris/

[murielm99]

1. Flake the flake says something sensible.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. I appreciate Jeff Flake. It's not the first time he's courageously done the right thing.

[IronLionZion]

3. We'll see if Flake will flake on this

or if it might persuade some voters in Arizona

[SpankMe]

4. Flake was one of the earliest Republican Trump defectors

He's quite conservative, and I disagree with 90% of his agenda. But, he was fairly honest and occasionally reached across the aisle.

His son - as a teen and young adult - made headlines for homophobic and racist social media posts and for alleged animal cruelty. The animal cruelty charges against the son went nowhere as they were seen as retribution from Sheriff Joe Arpaio against Jeff Flake for criticizing Trump. (I.e.., weaponizing government.)

[flying_wahini]

5. Good for him! Brave man being from Arizona and all.

Now tell us who he is voting for in the Senator’s column.

[flying_wahini]

6. This from Flake and his goodbye Senate speech...

"Let us recognize ... that the shadow of tyranny is once again enveloping parts of the globe and let us recognize, as authoritarianism reasserts itself in country after country, that we are by no means immune," Flake said.

[lees1975]

7. Flake is from a very old Mormon pioneer family in Arizona.

From the town of Snowflake, named after Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake.

Unlike their Evangelical counterparts, Mormons seem to be struggling a lot more with Trump's worldly immoral lack of character.