Aug 8, 2017

Jeff Flake: populism "is not a real governing philosophy"

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) criticized his own party and President Trump once again on CNN last night. Asked if he felt his party has left him, Sen. Flake responded with his commitment to the party, but added his concerns on their governing, the party's stance regarding free trade, globalism, and immigration.

He later fired at the party's immigration policy announced last week: "On immigration, the immigration package put forward last week I think is in the wrong direction. ... But cutting legal immigration in half is not the right direction we need to go as a country."

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