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Jeff Flake: “It's not enough to be conservative, that you have to be angry that the voters want you to be angry.”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
It's not enough to be conservative, that you have to be angry that the voters want you to be angry.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Senator Flake discusses the expectations of Republican voters regarding emotional engagement in politics.

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