One of Donald Trump's Twitter targets over the holiday weekend: the GOP senator of a presidential battleground state he visited last week.
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The Republican Party needs strong and committed leaders, not weak people such as @JeffFlake, if it is going to stop illegal immigration.
6:05 PM - 4 Sep 2016
So he's not a fan.
The feeling is mutual. "I've said that I think Republicans do need to distance themselves from Donald Trump," Flake (R-Ariz.) told CNN's Jake Tapper earlier Sunday. Trump's rhetoric had put his traditionally red state in play, said Flake — and potentially delivered it to Hillary Clinton — by alienating voters who would otherwise support the GOP nominee. Voters like himself.
"... As of now, I would still not vote for Donald Trump," the Arizona senator told Tapper, adding that "you can always write somebody in."
"I would like to vote for Donald Trump. It's not comfortable to not support your nominee," Flake said. "But given the positions that he has taken and the tone and tenor of his campaign, I simply can't."
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Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
The Republican Party needs strong and committed leaders, not weak people such as @JeffFlake, if it is going to stop illegal immigration.
6:05 PM - 4 Sep 2016
So he's not a fan.
The feeling is mutual. "I've said that I think Republicans do need to distance themselves from Donald Trump," Flake (R-Ariz.) told CNN's Jake Tapper earlier Sunday. Trump's rhetoric had put his traditionally red state in play, said Flake — and potentially delivered it to Hillary Clinton — by alienating voters who would otherwise support the GOP nominee. Voters like himself.
"... As of now, I would still not vote for Donald Trump," the Arizona senator told Tapper, adding that "you can always write somebody in."
"I would like to vote for Donald Trump. It's not comfortable to not support your nominee," Flake said. "But given the positions that he has taken and the tone and tenor of his campaign, I simply can't."
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