Jeff Flake Blames Trump and McConnell for Bringing Government to Brink of Shutdown (voting with dem)

Jeff Flake Blames Trump and McConnell for Bringing Government to Brink of Shutdown
The Arizona Republican will vote with Senate Democrats in a key dispute over government funding—and he says it’s all the GOP’s fault.
ANDREW DESIDERIO 01.19.18 12:04 AM ET

As Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) break from President Donald Trump intensifies, the outspoken lawmaker appears headed for another intra-GOP face-off—with the leader of his party in the Senate.

After a marathon session Thursday night, Flake emerged from the Senate chamber frustrated with his Republican colleagues, in particular Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). After listening to McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), trade barbs over a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Friday, Flake had decided it was better to side with Schumer and the Democrats on a key dispute over government funding.

In an interview late Thursday night, an exasperated Flake—who is not running for re-election this year—pinned the blame entirely on McConnell and Trump.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/exasperated-jeff-flake-bucks-mitch-mcconnell-sides-with-dems-on-shutdown