Flake on Trump: ‘We Will Get Through This and When We Do, There Will Be Much Work to Repair the Damage’

EXCERPT:

FLAKE: “Over the past several months I have had occasion to take to the Senate floor to describe with alarm the state of our democracy as I see it. Simple acts of conscience have never seem more important. Of course it seems at times, that speaking in measured tones in the face of the routine vandalism to our democratic norms is about the same as whispering into a hurricane. But we must speak out. For a politics that keeps us silent when we should speak is worthless in the defense of the things we hold most dear. As in article of faith I believe that one -- if one voice can do such profound damage to our values and to civic life, then one voice can also repair the damage. One voice can call us to a higher idea of America. One voice can act as a beacon to help us find ourselves once again, after this terrible fever breaks. And it will break. We will get through this. And when we do, there will be much work to repair the damage."