Jeff Flake donates to Roy Moore's Democratic opponent
Flake is too 'righteous' to be aligned with the Republican party.
"Country over Party," he says.
Translation:
With an 11% approval rating, I haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of getting reelected.
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Republican Sen. Jeff Flake donated $100 on Tuesday to the U.S. Senate campaign of a Democrat opposing GOP hopeful Roy Moore in Alabama.
Flake, who has sparred with President Donald Trump over the Moore campaign, tweeted a photo of his check written to Democrat Doug Jones. In the memo field, he scrawled: 'Country over Party.'
Earlier in the day, Flake and five other Republican senators sat with Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House to talk about hammering out differences between House and Senate versions of a tax reform bill.
The White House sat him next to Trump, with cameras and TV footage catching him looking very uncomfortable as the president endorsed Moore for the third time in less than a week.
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake fidgeted in his chair next to Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday as he listened to the president defend Roy Moore on Tuesday
Flake tweeted a photo of his check on Tuesday, with 'Country over Party' written in the memo field
Moore has been accused of fondling a 14-year old girl and dating sixteen-year-old decades ago when he was a prosecutor.
But Trump said Tuesday that 'he's going to do very well. We don't want to have a liberal Democrat in Alabama, believe me.'
'We want strong borders, we want to stop crime. We want to have the things that we represent, and we certainly don't want a liberal Democrat that's controlled by Nancy Pelosi and controlled by Chuck Schumer. We don't want to have that for Alabama.'
Flake could hardly contain his eye-rolling.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday afternoon that the allegations against Moore are 'concerning' but Trump 'would rather have a person that supports his agenda versus somebody who opposes his agenda every step of the way.'
Moore 'should step aside' if his accusers are telling the truth, she added. 'But we don’t have a way to validate that, and that's something for the people of Alabama to decide.'
Flake and Trump have been at loggerheads over tax and Obamacare repeal legislation, and the president has lashed out at him in the past
Trump blasted Flake last month, saying calling him 'Senator Jeff Flake(y)'
Trump blasted Flake on Twitter two weeks ago, calling his political career 'toast' after he was caught on a hot mic criticizing Moore and the president.
After a town hall event Flake hosted in Mesa, Arizona, he stepped off the stage without removing the microphone on his lapel – letting TV camera crews eavesdrop.
Speaking to Mesa Mayor John Giles, Flake said if the GOP becomes 'the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump, we are toast.'
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