Jeff Flake: Apartheid 'coincides with our moral standards'

If Arizona voters think Apartheid was all that, they've got their guy in Rep. Jeff Flake.

In 1987, Flake testified before the Utah State Senate in support of a resolution expressing support for the government of South Africa while racial segregation laws were enforced ' largely to support U.S. mining interests in the region.

Of Apartheid, Flake claimed "it coincides with our moral standards," and claimed that a majority of black South Africans didn't "care one way or another or they don't know about the situation."

The recording of that testimony comes on the heels of this, over the weekend:

"For anybody to suggest that I in any way countenanced what the South Africans were doing or the policy of apartheid is offensive," he said, saying the charge "baffles" him.

What's baffling is how Flake's morality coincides with that of the Apartheid regime.

The full transcript is below the fold.