Flake skips WH tax event: 'I can only take so many of those stand around and clap things'

[DonViejo]

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 12/20/17 05:50 PM EST

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said he skipped a gathering of congressional Republicans at the White House on Wednesday because he did not want to attend an event where lawmakers are expected to simply "stand around and clap."

The event, attended by House and Senate GOP leaders and a number of Republican lawmakers, was held to celebrate congressional Republicans' passage of a massive tax rewrite.

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Republicans in the Senate and House gave final approval to the tax overhaul on Wednesday, making good on a promise to send the legislation to President Trump's desk by Christmas.

The legislation permanently slashes the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and offers smaller, temporary cuts to individual tax rates.

Flake voted in favor of the measure in the Senate early Wednesday, but did not attend the celebratory event at the White House later in the day.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/365900-flake-skips-white-house-tax-bill-event-i-can-only-take-so-many-of-those-stand

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Murderer.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Maybe a little twinge of conscience? Probably not,

but he's too late anyhow.

[gratuitous]

3. But you were there when it was time to stand around and vote

Thanks, Sen. Flake. You're a real mensch.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Hiding.

Like the rat he is.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Oh oh,is Jeffie Bailing out?

He would not be the first to pull that stunt. Most Likely he will be doing Family Business for the balance of his Senate Career. Find him hanging around his local meeting House in Snowflake.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Are we supposed to applaud him?

I don't give a shit if he skips the stupid party; it's his vote that matters.

[mnmoderatedem]

11. + 8 million.

[muntrv]

7. Maybe if you didn't vote for this piece of trash bill,

there would not be a circle jerk on the White House lawn.

[hatrack]

8. Who cares, you shriveled little soulless FUCK?

"I just pissed on the grave of the American middle class, but I'm not so callous that I'll do the Harlem Shake on top of it while drinking a Natural Light!"

Burn in Hell, Senator. Burn. Slowly.

[irisblue]

9. Hey Jeff, how ya feel bout groups of people with their middle finger up waving at you? nt

[theaocp]

10. Fuck you, flake. Nobody is buying your shit. n/t