Flake: ‘I’ve Always Supported Background Checks’

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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.”

Flake’s rhetorical games follow his vote against the Manchin-Toomey amendment that appear to have eroded his public standing with Arizona voters.

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