Flake does not rule out the 2020 race against Trump

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"I did not rule it out – I did not rule it out – only someone has to run," Flake told reporters on Friday.

"But I hope someone will only remind people what it means to be conservative and what it means to be decent, we have to bring it back," Flake said. . "If we want to be a relevant party in the future, we have to be a decent party."

"This policy of grievances, anger and resentment, you know, you can prepare the base for a cycle or two, but it is thin," he added. "Anger and resentment are not a guiding philosophy."

Flake is part of a handful of Republican officials who have gained speculation as a potential challenger for Trump's 2020. Earlier, he had called a party member to challenge the president and has not yet asked questions about his own candidacy for 2020.

Republicans won Senate seats in Tuesday's mid-term elections, but they also had to deal with the suburban voters' revolt they need if they want to win back the majority in the House and likely to retain the House of Commons. White House in 2020.

When asked if the party could overthrow the congressional seats without making any changes, Flake replied, "No, we can not, I'm somebody who still wants this autopsy that we have." made in 12. " You can not fight demographics. and you have to appeal to a wider electorate. "

According to Flake, Trump's reelection capacity depends on the president's precedence over Republicans, as well as on the choice of Democrats – a progressive or an individual closer to the party's center.

On Friday, the president went to Flake, calling him "ineligible in Arizona for the" crime "of doing a terrible job! A weak and inefficient guy!" Flake acknowledged that the president had "in a sense" been able to force him to leave office.

"In a sense, he did.The price to pay for winning a Republican primary was standing on a stage with the President again and again, while he insulted minorities and ridiculed the Republicans and Democrats as well as Americans and, you know, drove her shut up singing.I could not do that.I could not do that, "said Flake.

When asked if he could race in 2020 for the remaining two years of McCain's Senate seat, Flake laughingly said "it's not in the cards."

"I do not see that happening," says Flake, "but I do not swear politics."