Updates | The Week of October 23, 2017

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced his retirement from the Senate in a speech on the Senate floor that sharply criticized President Trump (NYT, Politico, WaPo).

The text of the speech is available here.
Senator Flake’s retirement is a “sad day for the Republic,” writes David Boaz at Cato@Liberty.
The retirement is a “white flag in the face of Trumpism,” contends Aaron Blake at the Washington Post.
The speech was one of the great speeches in recent Senate history, writes Benjamin Wittes at Lawfare.

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