The Arizona Republic

What was good for the goose scares GOP gander

- linda.valdez@ arizonarep­ublic.com Twitter: @ValdezLind­a LINDA VALDEZ

It hard to miss the partisan hypocrisy in GOP Sen. Jeff Flake’s call to end the filibuster rule in order to get Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch approved in the Senate. Flake used to be a strong supporter of the filibuster rule. Now he wants to end it so Gorsuch won’t have to get 60 votes to sit in the seat Senate Republican­s stole from President Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland. Flake says Gorsuch would have easily won in less partisan times. Ditto for Garland, senator.

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