Jeff Flake says primarying Trump would be tough — but it needs to happen

Sen. Jeff Flake on NBC

Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) conceded on Meet the Press Sunday it would be difficult to mount a primary challenge to President Trump in 2020, but he argued it must be done.

Trump is "running for re-election already," said host Chuck Todd. "He announced that last night basically. Do you think he needs to be challenged from somebody who espouses your views?"

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.