Retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona deflected three times when asked Wednesday if he wanted 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to be in the Oval Office instead of President Trump.

When asked if Clinton would be better than Trump, Flake responded with a story about the 1950s McCarthy hearings in which then-Army Chief Counsel Joseph Welch famously asked, "Have you no decency, sir?"

After being asked a third time, Flake said he did not vote for either, but offered a personal response.

"I can tell you no president, Democrat or Republican, in recent memory, has exhibited the kind of behavior that this president has," Flake said.

"I would love to have a Republican president, but not at any cost."