Club for Growth President David McIntosh gushed over Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) career after Flake announced he will retire at the end of his term.
Sen. Jeff Flake announced on Tuesday that he will retire and lamented on the Senate floor that the Republican party no longer values immigration.
Club for Growth President David McIntosh said, “Club for Growth commends Senator Jeff Flake for his many years of service in first, the House of Representatives, and most recently in the U.S. Senate.”
“It is clear at this moment that a traditional conservative, who believes in limited government and free markets, devoted to free trade, pro-immigration, has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican party,” Flake said, his voice trembling with emotion.
Breitbart News reported on the 15 times that Flake represented illegal aliens and foreign workers over Americans.
McIntosh added, “For over a decade, Club for Growth has had the privilege of calling Jeff a friend and has fought with him to promote economic freedom and prosperity. Senator Flake maintained a life-time average of 96 percent on Club for Growth’s scorecard – a distinction few have earned. A tried and true fiscal conservative, Jeff fought to eliminate earmarks before it was cool.”
FreedomWorks’ President Adam Brandon told Breitbart News that Sen. Flake chose to retire because he alienated the Trump base. “You’re not going to win the Republican primary if you’ve alienated the Trump base. You’re not going to win a general election if you’ve alienated the Trump base. That means he had himself in a position where he wasn’t going to win reelection,” Brandon explained.
“If you’re electoral strategy is cozying up to Mitch McConnell, you’re done, that’s it,” Brandon added.
McIntosh concluded, “Club for Growth is grateful for the commitment Senator Flake has made to fighting to bring fiscal sanity to Washington. We wish him the very best in his next endeavor.”