You ‘sacrifice a generation’ with another four years of President Trump, Flake said.
By Colby Itkowitz Colby Itkowitz Congress, campaigns, health policy, Pennsylvania politics Email Bio Follow March 29 at 3:09 PM Jeff Flake, the former Republican senator who strongly opposed President Trump rhetorically though not legislatively, said Thursday he would prefer to see a Democrat win in 2020 than Trump.
“I think that four years is difficult enough — to unravel some of the damage that has been done internationally to our role, to our leadership position. We cannot — should not go another four years,” the Arizonan said. “Oh, yes. Yes. You sacrifice a generation. You think, ‘Man, we might get some policy goals in the next year or two’ — look at the long term. Look at the long term, at what you’re doing for the party, because people don’t want to be associated with it,” Flake said.
During his time in the Senate, Flake was not shy about his disdain for Trump and tried to adopt the role as the Republican’s moral compass. He spoke several times against Trump on the Senate floor and wrote an anti-Trump book.
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