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To the Point

GOP Senator Jeff Flake 'no longer complicit or silent'

Hosted by Warren Olney Oct. 25, 2017 National
Two Republican Senators — Bob Corker of Tennessee, and now Jeff Flake of Arizona — say they won't run for re-election next year. It's all about what they call President Trump's outrageous behavior. Is the president losing his party, or are the dissidents conceding he's running the show?

Photo: Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) speaks to reporters after announcing he will not run for re-election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 24, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

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Warren Olney

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Andrea Brody, Devan Schwartz, Evan George

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