Senator Jeff Flake is both for and against expanded background checks, changing positions whenever closely observed.
After telling CNN he would support expanding gun background checks if the Senate Manchin-Toomey amendment was modified to be more accommodating for Internet sales between friends, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on Tuesday clarified his position.
“Cutting thru clutter, I’ve always supported background checks,” Flake wrote on Twitter. “I didn’t support Manchin-Toomey, and still don’t. I voted for Grassley amdt.”
Cutting through the clutter, Flake would like to clarify that he has always supported background checks except for that time he didn’t and sided against it.
The Grassley amendment Flake refers to, which was co-sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz, would not have expanded background checks.
After Senator Jeff Flake’s approval rating nosedived following the filibuster of Manchin-Toomey, Flake said that puts him “somewhere just below pond scum.”