Who Was behind the Flake Set-Up?
1st October 2018
On Friday morning, two women raced past reporters and security officers and blocked a senators-only elevator in the U.S. Capitol. They cornered Arizona senator Jeff Flake, who had just announced he was going to vote yes on moving Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination out of the Judiciary Committee and onto the Senate floor for a full debate. The women wouldn’t let Flake leave until they had yelled at him, face to face, for several minutes. Anyone who thinks the two left-wing activists acted without a well-thought-out plan hasn’t read The Intimidation Gameby Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal.
If I were a Senator or Congressman, I’d carry around one of those compressed-air-powered launch callers for such occasions. Let’s see how they react to someone who can make more noise than they can.
A reporter for the Washington Examiner asked Flake, “Did the women who confronted you this morning, did they have any role in changing your mind?”
“No, no,” Flake said as he shook his head.
And if you believe that one he’ll tell you another one.