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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) announced plans to retire from the U.S. Senate at the end of his term on Tuesday, saying he was out of step with the Republican Party in the era of President Trump.
The senator’s surprise announcement came after more than a year of criticism of Trump and the direction he had taken the party, culminating in a book called “Conscience of a Conservative” that critiqued the president’s character and ideology. Recent polls in Arizona found Flake trailing likely Democratic nominee, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), as well as potential primary challengers, if he sought a second term next year.
Flake’s surprise announcement on Tuesday came just minutes after Trump left the U.S. Capitol following a rare luncheon with GOP senators and hours after Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) reignited a weeks-long feud over the president’s temperament.
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The senator’s surprise announcement came after more than a year of criticism of Trump and the direction he had taken the party, culminating in a book called “Conscience of a Conservative” that critiqued the president’s character and ideology. Recent polls in Arizona found Flake trailing likely Democratic nominee, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), as well as potential primary challengers, if he sought a second term next year.
Flake’s surprise announcement on Tuesday came just minutes after Trump left the U.S. Capitol following a rare luncheon with GOP senators and hours after Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) reignited a weeks-long feud over the president’s temperament.
read more https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe...6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.0bc05ac41ade
