WASHINGTON
— Senator Jeff Flake, the Arizona Republican who tangled with President
Trump and was considered one of the most vulnerable senators in his
party, will not run for re-election in 2018, he said on the Senate floor
Tuesday.
Mr. Flake has for months offered stinging critiques of Mr. Trump, who in turn has lambasted the senator on Twitter as “weak” and “toxic.”
Mr. Flake has for months offered stinging critiques of Mr. Trump, who in turn has lambasted the senator on Twitter as “weak” and “toxic.”
“I
will not be complicit,” he said in an extraordinary speech on the
Senate floor that excoriated his president and his leadership.
His
decision not to run again throws into question whether Republicans can
retain his seat — and their hold on the Senate majority.
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