Bonus: Senator Jeff Flake Interview

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🗓️ 1 September 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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“The Daily” is taking a long Labor Day weekend and will be back on Tuesday. For today, here’s an episode of a new series we’re working on called “The New Washington,” where Times political reporters interview key figures in the capital. Last week, Carl Hulse spoke to Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona. You can subscribe to “The New Washington” wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Michael Barbaro. The Daily is taking a long Labor Day weekend and we'll be back on Tuesday.
0:07.2	So today we're bringing you an episode of a new series we're working on at the Daily.
0:12.3	It's called the new Washington, where Times political reporters interview the key figures in the
0:18.0	capital, the people who are remaking Washington. Last week, my colleague Carl Holst spoke to Senator
0:25.7	Jeff Flick. From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the new Washington. Today, Senator
0:34.1	Jeff Flick. It sounded pretty tanky. It was a bit tanky. You started out saying that I've been
0:40.8	critical of him and I have been frankly. Do you support Donald Trump for president? No, I said that
0:47.4	I think Republican's do need to distance themselves from Donald Trump. We've given into
0:52.1	nativism, protectionism. It doesn't make sense obviously to have a 2,500 mile wall. Now the fact that
1:00.4	that we look at each other, other Americans, has the enemy and it's really troublesome. The party is
1:09.3	lost its way.
1:11.1	Hello. Senator, hey, it's Carl. Hey, Carl. How are you? Doing well. How are you? Good. We're checking out
1:29.5	some of the technical aspects of this elaborate hookup here. Carl Holst, who did you talk to this?
1:34.7	Jeff Flick, the junior Republican senator from Arizona. Really, one of the most interesting guys
1:43.9	in Washington right now. So, Senator, I want you to know I read the book though I bought it on my
1:48.1	Kindle so I didn't pay full price for the hard cover. I hope you will forgive me.
1:53.2	That's what I would expect if you call. This is the senator that Trump has been going after.
2:01.7	Yes, they've had an extremely contentious relationship. He tweeted this morning, great to see that
2:08.4	Dr. Kelly Ward is running against Flick, Jeff Flick, who is weak on borders crime and a non-factor in
2:15.6	the Senate. He is toxic. He and his crowd last night was amazing and a packed house, Trump tweeted.
2:21.5	I love the great scene of Arizona, not a fan of Jeff Flick, weak on crime and border.
2:26.6	He's one of the senators that Trump's been going after, but he's had a longer, tempestuous
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