“To be conservative has now been equated with being angry and engaging in grievance politics, and it’s just not for me,” said Flake, former ambassador to Turkey and current director of the Institute of Politics at Arizona State University.
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Flake served in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019 and knows firsthand what it’s like to stand up to President Donald Trump. During Trump’s first term, Flake became a vocal critic of the president. His disapproval of Trump angered many in his party — so much so that he announced in 2017 he would not
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