Tara Golshan

White House says Trump wants to let honorees “celebrate without any political distraction.”

That’s risky for both of them.

Flake is publicly critical of Trump — but he largely votes in line with Trump’s agenda.

“I don’t understand what’s so hard about this.“

From defending the alt-right to plugging his winery.

“They don’t know what they are doing.”

One day after condemning white supremacy, he retweeted a Pizzagate conspiracy theorist in response to Charlottesville coverage.

“How do we criticize him enough to politically insulate ourselves?”