Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake says he's voting for Harris

Source: The Hill

10/21/24 7:46 AM ET


Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said on Sunday he’s voting for Vice President Harris, citing his conservative values and belief in the rule of law. “I’m voting for Kamala Harris, not in spite of being a Republican or a conservative, but because I am a conservative,” Flake said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Velshi.”

“Conservatives, first and foremost, believe in the rule of law, and to have a president, a former president, who lost a free and fair election and then attempted to overturn that election. How can a conservative support such a person?” he asked, referring to former President Trump.

Flake said he also thinks Harris is better on issues that used to be more closely associated with the Republican platform, like free trade and that “tariffs can be used” but only in “certain circumstances.” “But to believe that if we’re going to bring a bunch of money into the Treasury by using tariffs is just so antithetical to what Republicans believe,” Flake said.

Flake, who has endorsed Harris’s presidential bid, said he is playing “the long game” and wants to bring the Republican Party back to the values he says it once embraced.

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