Jeff Flake
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Jeff Flake is a former U.S. Senator known for his principled stance on issues and willingness to speak out against his party's direction. This interview reveals his commitment to bipartisan dialogue and the importance of maintaining relationships across political lines, even in a highly polarized environment.
“It is, and I've seen some polling recently where you test the issues that people are concerned with. And it depends on what's hot at the moment, whether it's the economy or immigration.”
“Some are different by region. I would argue that the federal government has moved far too far on some of those regulations. In Arizona, for example, dealing with these dust storms that come through, they call them Habibs or whatever that roll through every year, and we just haven't been able to get the EPA to recognize for decades that th…”
“East of Main Street, you're Democrats, west of Main Street, you're Republicans, and the flakes were east of Main Street. And so it really held until this last generation, my father. He was a registered Democrat, until my mother, when she was courting him, said, you know, Dean, I think you're really more of a Republican.”
“We can That he'd figured it out, that he. Yeah, and that's something that I think all of us, certainly in this environment with President Trump, people will say, well, if you oppose the president, if you're opposed to some of his policies and his behavior, it should be your role to oppose him on everything.”
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