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Jeff Flake: “I don't understand it, why you just don't apologize and move on. That would be easier to do.”

On the recordMay 14, 2018
I don't understand it, why you just don't apologize and move on. That would be easier to do.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Flake expresses confusion over why the President has not asked for an apology regarding comments made about John McCain.

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