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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Flake: In a Democracy, There Can Be No Bystanders
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/opinion/jeff-flake-speech-letters-democracy.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=curSome wrote just to say thanks. From Arizona, from all over the country and from abroad. From all across the political map, too. Some wrote to say that they watched the speech with their children, or that they read it aloud to them. I try to teach my kids to respect others, wrote one man. The current resident of the White House is not the example I want my kids to follow.
As a die-hard Democrat, I have to say that before Trump came into office, you were kinda low on my list of senators to admire, one woman wrote. But I have changed that stance. Another man wrote, I am a registered Republican, but I am ashamed of what my party has become.
One woman from Phoenix said she didnt like my politics but thanked me for the small beacon of light all the same. Semper Fi, wrote a Marine. One man sent a check for $20.20 and urged me to run for president. (Sir, I will not be cashing the check, but I do appreciate the gesture.)
By the electronic bushel, in thousands of calls and letters, reactions have poured into my office in the past week since I spoke on the Senate floor and announced that I would not be running for another term, and detailing the reasons for my decision. A deeply personal outpouring, the scale of which has stunned and humbled me.
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Jeff Flake: In a Democracy, There Can Be No Bystanders (Original Post)
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Nov 2017
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50 Shades Of Blue
(9,919 posts)1. I still despise FLake. He's still a rightwinger through and through.
MatthewG.
(362 posts)2. Hes relatively sane, just ideologically wrong.
Ive seen Jeff Flake speak a few times, and he strikes me as relatively sane. Just wrong about ideology.
Its not great but id take him over most of todays GOP.
Coventina
(27,055 posts)3. Still a pathetic weasel.
oasis
(49,323 posts)4. Ok Jeff, put your votes where your mouth is.
spanone
(135,783 posts)5. your entire party is standing by.....change your affiliation.