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Sen. Flake caught on live mic saying GOP is ‘toast’ if it follows Trump, Moore

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Phoenix • Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake was caught on an open microphone saying that the GOP is "toast" if it follows Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore and President Donald Trump.

Flake was talking to the mayor of the Phoenix suburb of Mesa after speaking at a town hall session for aerospace company workers Friday. He apparently didn't know the microphone attached to his lapel was still on when he said, "(If we) become the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump, we are toast."

Flake, an outspoken critic of Trump, announced last month he wouldn't seek re-election.