"My fellow Republicans, it is time to risk your careers in favor of your principles."
Taking that stand cost Flake his seat. Facing certain defeat in a state that has embraced Trump, he opted not to run for reelection in 2018. He has stayed busy, landing a gig as a news commentator on CBS, hitting the speaking circuit and becoming a resident fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School Institute of Politics.
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1 day ago - Why Jeff Flake says the 2020 election is a chance for Republicans to save their souls. By Matthew Brown@mbrownreport Oct 1, 2019, 1:16pm MDT ... But impeachment is not the soul-saving sacrifice Flake recommends. ... Instead, he urges his colleagues to work against Trump winning re-election in 2020
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. . .House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (likes to say the “times have found us” in reiterating the solemn duty of the House.
I would suggest they have found you too. In the absence of rational leadership from the GOP, the task falls to you to redirect your party and Trump’s followers back
k to reality and help bring this awful chapter in the history of the presidency to a swift conclusion.