Republican Jeff Flake is leaving the Senate over Dump

Yes, I'm calling him a Republican (instead of a Repugnantan) because unlike his brethren in the Senate, Flake has some authentic core values. And those values led him to say this:

"I will not be complicit or silent. I've decided to better represent the people of Arizona and to better serve my country and conscience by freeing myself of the political consideration that consumed far too much bandwidth and cause me to compromise too many principles."


"If I have been critical, it is not because I relish criticizing the behavior of the president of the United States.  If I have been critical, it is because I believe it is my obligation to do so and as a matter of duty and conscience, the notion that one should stay silent and as the norms and values that keep America strong are undermined and as alliances and agreements that ensure the stability of the entire world are routinely threatened by the level of thought that goes into 140 characters, the notion that we should say or do nothing in the face of such mercurial behavior is a historic and profoundly misguided."