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Flake Slams Trump For ‘Treason’ Comments

By Thomas McKinless

Posted February 6, 2018 at 8:54pm

By Thomas McKinless

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GOP Sen. Jeff Flake offered a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s assertion that congressional Democrats are “treasonous” for not applauding during his State of the Union. “One who levels such a charge knows neither the meaning of treason, nor the power that the words of a president carry,” the Arizona senator said on the floor Tuesday afternoon.

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