Jeff Flake

No doubt. No doubt. The president has particular, you know, sway over Republican voters, that subset of a subset that controls primaries.

Nothing focuses the mind like a big election loss.

These aren't just sanctions on Cubans, they are sanctions on Americans.

We need to make clear that that is inconsistent with democratic values and inconsistent with commitments that have been made.

Ankara has had at least a transactional relationship with Russia on a number of issues.

When people say you guys talk but do not do anything, this committee and the Congress and the administration did.

We will work with them where we can, challenge them where we must.

Turkey currently detains more journalists than any country but China.

I will. I was pleased to see after the December visit by Erdogan to Cyprus that the United States Government spoke out, as did the U.N., that any of the action that was contemplated with Varosha, for example, would violate Security Council…

These CAATSA sanctions will not be lifted until they have disposed of the current system they have.

There is no two-state solution in Cyprus. It needs to be a bizonal, bicommunal federation negotiated between the parties.

They have also pushed back in a number of areas as well. Crimea, been consistent in saying that that is part of Ukraine territory.

They have pushed back against Soviet--Russian aggression in Ukraine and with Georgia.

There is a lot of issues on which to hold Turkey accountable, from Cyprus to repression of religious minorities.

I see no arms sales going to Turkey unless there is a dramatic change-around on the S-400.

I will. As I mentioned in the statement, they need to know that any purchase of additional Russian weapons will result in additional CAATSA sanctions.

The Republican Party may believe or elected officials may believe that this will give them some short term benefit.

I think it's certainly detrimental to the country, and I think ultimately detrimental to Republicans.

It has, and that's the tragic legacy of the Trump years, the normalization of -- I mean, accepting of falsehoods, trafficking in conspiracy theories.

Yes, that subset of a subset of Republican voters that vote in every primary, they're clearly with the former President and that is reflected in the polling.

That`s what this bipartisan proposal is all about.

It really is driving normal, regular, rational people from the Republican Party and we can't afford to lose many more.

We can't vote for Trump because four more years of him, we won't have a Republican Party that's op-ed. It's four years too late. The Republican Party has to pay for this along with Trump.

The alarm among Republicans in the Senate privately is palpable. They feel the President may be able to navigate issues like the peaceful transfer of power, Proud Boys, white supremacy, and somehow through relentlessness and shamelessness…