{"id":2347209,"date":"2024-09-29T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T15:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-arizona-senator-jeff-flake-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T15:29:51","slug":"former-gop-arizona-senator-jeff-flake-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-arizona-senator-jeff-flake-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former GOP Arizona senator Jeff Flake endorses Kamala Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-gop-arizona-senator-jeff-flake-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2347209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Arizona Republican \u2062Senator\u200c Jeff Flake has publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Known for his critical stance on former President Donald Trump, Flake previously supported Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and resigned \u200cfrom his ambassador position in Turkey last September. His endorsement of Harris\u200c was announced on ABC News&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; where he stated that Republicans value \u200bthe rule of law, which\u200c he believes is undermined by candidates \u200bwho attempt to overturn \u200belectoral\u200c defeats. Flake praised Harris&#8217;s\u2063 readiness in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, emphasizing the need to support\u2062 allies against threats from Russia\u2063 and China. When questioned about Harris&#8217;s immigration policies, Flake acknowledged the challenges she faces in resonating with voters ahead of the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former GOP Arizona senator Jeff Flake endorses Kamala Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771459\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Arizona Republican Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeff-flake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jeff Flake\">Jeff Flake<\/a> endorsed Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jeff Flake\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Flake has distinguished himself as one of Trump&rsquo;s most vocal Republican critics. He previously endorsed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> for president in 2020, and served as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rules-against-biden-doj-in-high-stakes-jan-6-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rules against Biden DOJ in high-stakes Jan. 6 case - Washington Examiner\">administration&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ambassador to Turkey, before resigning in September. The Arizona Republican issued his official endorsement of Harris on Sunday morning, appearing on ABC News&rsquo;s &ldquo;This Week&rdquo; shortly after to explain his reasoning, and why other Republicans should join his lead.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I think Republicans believe in the rule of law in particular, and it&rsquo;s difficult to support a candidate who, having lost an election, tries to use the powers of the presidency to overturn that election that is anything but respect for the rule of law,&rdquo; Flake said. &ldquo;So I know that a lot of conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> feel the way I do, that you just can&rsquo;t support a candidate like that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On terms of foreign policy, he said that Harris is &ldquo;ready,&rdquo; and &ldquo;understands what&rsquo;s going on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She understands that we have real enemies abroad, but in particular, we have indispensable allies as well, and we need to support them and work with them if we&rsquo;re to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a>, certainly, and the growing threat of China,&rdquo; Flake said. &ldquo;It was really stark watching the debate the other day and hearing the former president not be able to even cheer for Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Host Martha Raddatz then pressed him on immigration, saying that polling showed Harris&rsquo;s stance was &ldquo;simply not resonating with voters.&rdquo; She asked how Harris could change voters&rsquo; minds before election day.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think she&rsquo;s doing that,&rdquo; Flake responded. &ldquo;And she outlined a couple of policies where she would be more, she would be tougher on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a>, particularly with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-plans-massive-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-after-crisis-erupts-under-biden\/\" title=\"Mexico Plans Massive \u2018Crackdown\u2019 On Illegal Immigration After Crisis Erupts Under Biden\">asylum policies<\/a>. We&rsquo;ve got to have a situation where we have comprehensive reform.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing that she brings to the table is that she knows how to work on a bipartisan basis, and if we do immigration reform that endures, it&rsquo;s going to have to be bipartisan,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;So I&rsquo;m obviously very pleased that she would sign the legislation that was worked up in the Senate. That&rsquo;s what we need to do. It needs to be bipartisan in order for it to be lasting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flake served as an Arizona senator from 2013 to 2019, choosing not to run for reelection after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-times-republicans-couldnt-capitalize-on-bidens-unpopularity-to-win-key-races\/\" title=\"Republicans failed to leverage Biden&#039;s unpopularity thrice in crucial races\">consistently low approval ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He could be vying for a Cabinet position, a possibility floated by <em>Politico<\/em>. He was appointed by Biden to be ambassador to Turkey in 2022, a post he left this month. Harris previously vowed to appoint a Republican to a Cabinet position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771459\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771459\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former GOP Senator Jeff Flake backs Kamala Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2347211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jeff-Flake.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36739,41935,32438],"class_list":["post-2347209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona-politics","tag-jeff-flake","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jeff-Flake.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}