how many more childish insults do we need to see hurled at a hostile foreign power before we acknowledge the senseless danger of it? this summer, jeff flake wrote a book entitled conscience of a conservative: a rejection of destructive politics and a return to principle. that book foreshadowed jeff flake s retirement announcement today. because for most of us, it was very hard to read senator flake s thoughtful book and imagine him successfully running for reelection in a party overrun by trumpism. the last signs of jeff flake s op-ed piece that will be in the washington post tomorrow are for the next 14 months, relieve to have had structures of politics, i will be guided only by the dictates of conscience. it s time we all say enough. we will be joined by some republicans in the thick of the trump versus flake and corker battle next. and later, you will hear
acknowledge the senseless danger of it? this summer, jeff flake wrote a book entitled conscience of a conservative: a rejection of destructive politics and a return to principle. that book foreshadowed jeff flake s retirement announcement today. because for most of us, it was very hard to read senator flake s thoughtful book and imagine him successfully running for reelection in a party overrun by trumpism. the last signs of jeff flake s op-ed piece that will be in the washington post tomorrow are for the next 14 months, relieve to have had structures of politics, i will be guided only by the dictates of conscience. it s time we all say enough. we will be joined by some republicans in the thick of the trump versus flake and corker battle next. and later, you will hear
conscience of a conservative. the subtitle is a rejection of destructive publics and a return to principle. which sounds very quaint and almosts in toll jik his freshman day as congressman going to his first republican retreat and so excited he was going to have a chance to tackle tax reform. in this era where tax reform seems like a very lofty goal, even despite republicans having so much control, jeff flake being a mormon whose family fled persecution to live in arizona. they grew up on a ranch. i mean, everything that is happening today in washington is anathema to every fiber of jeff flake s being. so i m not truly surprised that this is where he s at. with bob corker, it s a tad different. he was supportive of the president. he had designs on maybe becoming a cabinet member or a vice president. i think people like corker,
national security. that list that was put together was not based on national security needs. i think it will be detrimental in terms of national securiy because we can t ascribe radical jihadist views to every muslim, or people who come from countries that have been come prepro miezed compromised by terrorism. i think that s the wrong way to go. senator jeff flake, thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. his new book is called conscience of the conservative, a return to principle. why the president keeps going after democratic senator richard blumenthal. does he need more to stay busy on his working vacation? and vladimir putin s vacation scrapbook, are the photos of his fishing trip in siberia designed to send a message to president trump?
return to principle. senator, i want to get to the book in a moment. first of all, do you think it s appropriate for the president to launch this twitter attack against senator richard blumenthal today? it went on and on. well, i don t think it s helpful. we in the senate, we have a 60-vote hurdle to pass almost anything or we need unanimous consent just to move ahead. and in order to be able to work with our colleagues across the aisle, it s tough if we get so personal with them. so, i don t think that it s helpful in terms of legislation moving ahead. but you couldn t even pass the, what s called the skinny repeal, anti-obamacare legislation with 50 votes. right. well, that s what i m saying. i think we ve reached about the limit of what we can do as one party. so, we re going to need to work with our colleagues across the aisle and it s difficult enough to do so. they ve really obstructed putting together the president s