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 October 24, 2016 / Modified oct 25, 2016 9:06 a.m.

Arizona Sen. Flake's Vote Not Going to Trump or Clinton

Says he will likely leave his choice of a write-in candidate until the end.
by Christopher Conover

Jeff Flake Spot Jeff Flake, U.S. Senator of Arizona.
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Arizona Senator Jeff Flake is joining fellow Republican Senator John McCain in refusing to vote for their party’s presidential nominee.

Flake, like McCain, also said he will not vote for the Democratic nominee.

“I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton. I will likely write somebody in, but I will leave that until the end,” said Flake.

Flake said his unwillingness to support Donald Trump dates to the first day of the campaign.

“He lost me at Mexican rapists, way back when he announced, and I’ve never been back. I never got on that train,” Flake told Arizona Public Media.

Flake has called Trump’s comments about rigged elections “irresponsible.”

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