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Jeff Flake is a former U.S. Senator from Arizona, serving from 2013 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He is known for his advocacy of free trade, fiscal conservatism, and a more restrained foreign policy. Flake has been a vocal critic of partisan politics and has often emphasized the importance of civility in political discourse. During his tenure, he focused on issues such as immigration reform and government accountability.
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…
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.
I see no arms sales going to Turkey unless there is a dramatic change-around on the S-400.
There is a lot of issues on which to hold Turkey accountable, from Cyprus to repression of religious minorities.
It has, and that's the tragic legacy of the Trump years, the normalization of -- I mean, accepting of falsehoods, trafficking in conspiracy theories.
The Republican Party may believe or elected officials may believe that this will give them some short term benefit.
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.
I think it's certainly detrimental to the country, and I think ultimately detrimental to Republicans.
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.
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