In other words, his constituents don't want him doing this, but he doesn't give a shit about his constituents.
This world will be a better place come January.
Retiring senator Jeff Flake acknowledged on Friday that he would not be holding up President Trump’s judicial nominees if he was worried about being reelected.
Flake, who announced his retirement in October after several ugly clashes with Trump, has vowed to oppose the president’s judicial nominees until he gets a vote on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired. On Thursday, he halted the progress of 21 judicial picks in the Judiciary Committee and stopped another nominee on the Senate floor.
The bill would allow Mueller to challenge a firing and require a Senate-confirmed official to fire him.
“Confirming judges is important,” Flake said in a CNN interview. But “we need to protect the special counsel. . . . This has to be priority now. You have to take a stand.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news...t-freed-him-to-block-trump-judicial-nominees/
This world will be a better place come January.
Retiring senator Jeff Flake acknowledged on Friday that he would not be holding up President Trump’s judicial nominees if he was worried about being reelected.
Flake, who announced his retirement in October after several ugly clashes with Trump, has vowed to oppose the president’s judicial nominees until he gets a vote on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired. On Thursday, he halted the progress of 21 judicial picks in the Judiciary Committee and stopped another nominee on the Senate floor.
The bill would allow Mueller to challenge a firing and require a Senate-confirmed official to fire him.
“Confirming judges is important,” Flake said in a CNN interview. But “we need to protect the special counsel. . . . This has to be priority now. You have to take a stand.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news...t-freed-him-to-block-trump-judicial-nominees/
