Sen. Jeff Flake called a 'hero' at Global Citizen Festival

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Source: NBC News



Speaking at the Global Citizen Festival, Flake said, "Feel free to join me in an elevator any time."
by Dennis Romero / Sep.29.2018 / 8:13 PM CDT / Updated Sep.29.2018 / 9:24 PM CDT
After newsworthy Friday, Sen. Flake makes appearance at Global Citizen Festival
Sep.29.201802:24


Sen. Jeff Flake was hailed as a hero Saturday by Judiciary Committee colleague Sen. Chris Coons at the Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park.

Flake took the stage at the festival, an MSNBC-televised music event that highlights education, poverty and preventable diseases, and spoke in praise of young people who are active participants in politics.

"So feel free to join me in an elevator any time," he said.

He was referring to an encounter in an elevator Friday with a sexual assault survivor who berated him for his decision to recommend Brett Kavanaugh to the full Senate for confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Flake finally found his spine and got the ball rolling. He deserves credit.

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[Ilsa]

1. I'll give him credit for bucking his own party

on Friday, but he's not a "hero." He isn't risking much of anything that I can see.

[TryLogic]

22. Not a hero. He did the bare minimum of what they all should have done.

[mpcamb]

23. Unlike the others, he did it.

Shame and all.

[summer_in_TX]

24. I'm sure Flake was quite aware of how much vitriol

and vilification would be directed at him by members of his own party. They're a vindictive lot, so I do give him credit for courage. He restored hope to many when we thought all was lost.

[NNadir]

2. He voted to push an attempted racist out of committee on to the Senate floor, in spite of...

...compelling testimony of the victim.

I find nothing heroic about that. That he hedged a tiny bit on having completely ignored the victim's testimony to do this is, in fact, cowardice in the face of confrontation on his act, since it clearly went against his first instinct, which was to ignore the victim.

He's a coward.

[beachbum bob]

3. still waiting to hear his comment on the reports that trump is having a sham investigation

too soon to give Flake or senator a "hero" tag

[oberliner]

4. Do you think he will vote NO on confirmation?

[Novembrist]

5. Uhh, let's not get Crazy

He's a retiring Senator with nothing to lose.

[Autumn]

6. I would sooner rot in hell than consider that flake a 'hero'.

Knowing what Kavanah did in school to women, knowing he lied under oath in his 2007 confirmation and all the lies he told in this last shit show, how unfit he is to serve on the SC Flake will vote to confirm him.

[dalton99a]

7. Same "hero" who voted for the tax scam and voted to kill Obamacare.

[blueinredohio]

8. He's a two faced asswipe.

[Turbineguy]

9. Because

"somewhat correct" just doesn't have that "zing!"

[Dave Starsky]

10. Bullshit. He could have refused to clear him from the committee.

Now they're going through the motions on a pretend investigation to say that they did something about it.

Fuck that guy, now and forever. Hero, my ass.

[dajoki]

11. He deserves no credit at all n/t

[Liberalagogo]

12. Oh, and now we can all live in a biopartisan paradise...

He deserves the same credit we'd give an arsonist for putting out the fire he started.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. A little positive reinforcement for Flake can't hurt

by encouraging him to keep doing the right thing. It's pretty clear Flake is having a tug-of-war within himself.

[Bayard]

14. Exactly

I called his office Fri. to thank him. He at least gave us a fighting chance on this particular issue. It will make it harder for him to vote to confirm now.

[appalachiablue]

15. The 2 women assault survivors who confronted him are heroes.

[usaf-vet]

16. Let's hope Flake, Collins and Murkowski all stand by a FAIR unhindered FBI investigation.

If Trump and or the GOP F with the investigation and they all vote NO at the floor vote Kavanaugh is done. Gone. Waiting to be impeached from the court he now sits on for lying to Congress.

[Retrograde]

17. For doing the bare minimum?

Actually, IMHO, less than the bare minimum when it comes to questioning and evaluating Kavanaugh. He caved in the end and accepted a so-called compromise rather than take a stand. And I believe he made that compromised because he was caught on camera trying to ignore a group of women.

No, he's not a hero yet.

[hatrack]

18. Oh, bullshit . . .

I can't think of a more devalued word in the English language than "hero", unless it's "great".

[RhodeIslandOne]

19. The heroes are the Senators who are voting NO

Flake knew the optics looked bad after being shamed in the elevator and BEGGED the Dems for a deal to stall his eventual YES vote.

[Oneironaut]

20. He's a yes vote. This is a politically calculated move to try and avoid pissing off either side

[LudwigPastorius]

21. Let's be realistic.

If the confrontation in the elevator hadn’t been broadcast live on CNN, what are the chances Flake would have done a damn thing about it?