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Jeff Flake: “The impulse to scapegoat and threatens to turns us into a fearful, backward looking people. In the case of Republican…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2017
The impulse to scapegoat and threatens to turns us into a fearful, backward looking people. In the case of Republican Party those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful backward looking minority party. We were not made great as a country by indulging in or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorifying the things that divide us and calling fake things true and true things fake.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Senator Flake discusses the dangers of the current direction of the Republican Party and the need to avoid fear and division.

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