“No, I wish them well. Nobody would be asking for it in the Republican primary, I can tell you that. I’m not happy about it, but this is the president’s party right now. And I think we’ll be sorry for that in the future, but that’s the case right now.”
— Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), quoted by NBC News, when asked if he would endorse a candidate in the Republican Senate primary in Arizona.
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