Among high-profile Arizona Republicans, Sen. Jeff Flake was Donald Trump’s most vocal critic. Not only did he not endorse the celebrity billionaire but he publicly challenged Trump at points during the campaign.
For example, Flake personally confronted Trump in a July meeting in Washington, D.C. Then in September Flake went on national television to say Trump’s controversial statements on immigration had put Arizona in play for the Democrats. Flake added that the intense immigration speech Trump delivered in Phoenix days earlier was “just confusing.”
Predictably, Trump attacked Flake on Twitter, saying the GOP needed “strong and committed leaders, not weak people such as @JeffFlake.”
Now that Trump is the president elect and leader of the Republican Party for the foreseeable future, Flake extended an olive branch. He tweeted Wednesday, “I look forward to working with him. Now, back to eating crow.”