GOP senator: I wish Republicans had stood up to birtherism
By Mallory Shelbourne - 08/06/17 10:43 AM EDT

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in an interview broadcast Sunday said he wished the Republican Party had stood up to bitherism.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Chuck Todd discussed Flake’s new book about conservatism and asked the Arizona senator if the GOP is afraid to put country over party.

“Well, I do think that we've seen more people ready to stand up. And I wish that we, as a party, would have stood up, for example, when the birtherism thing was going along. A lot of people did stand up but not enough,” Flake told Todd.

Flake said the birther movement, a conspiracy theory that claimed former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, “was particularly ugly.”

President Trump had promoted the theory for years, before rejecting it during the 2016 presidential campaign.

"President Barack Obama was born in the United States," Trump said at the end of a campaign event last September. "Period."

Flake on Sunday also denounced the “lock her up” chants about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, which could be heard at Trump rallies during the 2016 election

The Arizona lawmaker, who has not shied away from criticizing Trump and his own party, has been completing a media blitz promoting his new book, “Conscience of a Conservative.” He has argued that the GOP is in denial about the first few months of Trump’s presidency.


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Well Jeff you're a master at obfuscation. The birther controversy was about constitutional eligibility to become president, i.e.being a 'natural born citizen'. One can be born in the US and not be a natural born citizen. Go read 'The Law of Nations' by Vattel.


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In a statement issued Tuesday, Bozell exposes Flake as an “imposter,” posing as a conservative, who has wantonly betrayed conservative principles at every turn:

"On behalf of my late father and my family, I am denouncing Senator Jeff Flake and his new book, dishonestly titled, 'Conscience of a Conservative.'

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"Since entering the Senate in 2013, Jeff Flake has, time and again, proven he is part of the indulgent hypocrisy in Washington. While he waxes poetically about conservative principles, his Conservative Review Liberty score is an abysmal 53%, also known as: 'F.' In 2013, I watched first-hand as Flake refused to sign a letter pledging to defund ObamaCare, among his many betrayals to conservatism. Jeff Flake is neither a conservative nor does he have a conscience.

"As every conservative leader knows, my father, L. Brent Bozell, Jr., ghost-wrote “Conscience of a Conservative” for Barry Goldwater. While the Goldwater Institute may own the rights to the book’s title, neither the organization nor Senator Flake have the right to unjustifiably trade on my father’s work. 'Conscience of a Conservative' is the greatest selling polemic in history, and Senator Flake is trading on its reputation to shamelessly promote himself and disguise his own conservative deficiencies. My father would be appalled to see this fraud as the author of the so-called 'sequel,' which it most certainly is not.

"The media need to know, when reporting on Senator Flake and his 'book,' that the author is a deceiver out for personal and financial gain. I also call on my conservative brethren to denounce this impostor, who dishonorably claims to speak for conservatism, in the strongest possible terms.""

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