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Sen. Ben Sasse unloads on Trump in call with constituents: 'A TV-obsessed narcissistic individual'
Fox News ^ | 10-17-20 | Marisa Schultz

Posted on 10/17/2020 7:02:53 AM PDT by boycott

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., ripped President Trump in a phone call with constituents, saying the commander-in-chief "kisses dictators' butts," "sells out our allies," mistreats women and "spends like a drunken sailor."

“What the heck were any of us thinking that selling a TV-obsessed narcissistic individual to the American people was a good idea? It is not a good idea," Sasse said in a recent telephone town hall with his constituents. "I think we are staring down the barrel of a blue tsunami and we’ve got to hold the Senate and that’s what I’m focused on.”

Sasse's nine-minute diatribe against Trump was first reported by the Washington Examiner, which obtained an audio recording of the town hall. Sasse was responding to a question from a constituent about the senator's relationship with Trump who asked: "Why do you have to criticize him so much?”

Sasse said he's found common ground with Trump on certain things, such as nominating conservative judges to the courts, but then he laid out a long list of faults and said it was important to "level" with Nebraskans.

Trump "mocks evangelicals behind closed doors," mistreats women and "flirted with white supremacists," Sasse said.

Trump mishandled the coronavirus pandemic, botched foreign policy and sought to profit off the presidency, the senator continued.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: didyousearch; republican; rino; sasse; trump
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To: ealgeone

... I can’t recall the last time a DemoncRAT senator turned on their party like some of the gop-e does.

The Desire for Power/Control/Money is the greatest lure of Satan and his minions. The allure of that which leads into death and destruction is horribly strong unless one wears the full armor of God

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206%3A11-24&version=KJV


21 posted on 10/17/2020 7:12:57 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: boycott

Presidents don’t hide in the Basement


22 posted on 10/17/2020 7:14:31 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: boycott

"I just stepped in a big pile of Sasse!"

23 posted on 10/17/2020 7:14:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: boycott
Ben, Ben, Ben, he may be a bastard, but he's OUR bastard!
24 posted on 10/17/2020 7:16:10 AM PDT by null and void (Don't piss off old people. The older we get the less 'life in prison' is a deterent!)
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To: boycott

Some day - and perhaps sooner than later - the Democrats will sweep back into power. But these will not be your grandfather’s Democrats. They will all be radical leftists who will turn this country into a one-party dictatorship.

An honest historian will record that Ben Sasse was one of the useful idiots who let it happen.


25 posted on 10/17/2020 7:16:25 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: ealgeone
I can’t recall the last time a DemoncRAT senator turned on their party like some of the gop-e does.

Washington DC is a near total ideological bubble. The cult of Fed.gov and leftist ideology is overwhelming there.

It takes huge self-knowledge to resist it and great moral courage to hold views that a scorned by society there, and few self-proclaimed conservative politicians have that. So most break ranks, like prisoners in an ideological concentration camp.

26 posted on 10/17/2020 7:17:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: boycott

This is unfortunate...while this won’t cause Trump to lose Nebraska at large, it could effect the one Congressional district that is more evenly split than the state as a whole, and Nebraska distributes its electors by congressional district rather than winner take all.


27 posted on 10/17/2020 7:17:40 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Leaning Right

Some day - and perhaps sooner than later - the Democrats will sweep back into power. But these will not be your grandfather’s Democrats. They will all be radical leftists who will turn this country into a one-party dictatorship.


Back into power? How can anyone look at the “Trump” DOJ and not see that the Democrats are in power right now?


28 posted on 10/17/2020 7:18:00 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe
I knew Sasse hates Trump -- hates him -- but I didn't realize until now the depth of his hatred -- in perfect alignment with Democrats/Leftists -- Sasse hates America by putting our constitutional republic at risk through his tacit support of those who wish to literally destroy it.

What has happened to Ben Sasse's mind? ... to his honor and integrity? ... to his patriotism? How dreadfully dishonorable has Ben Sasse become as a result of his advanced case of TDS.

29 posted on 10/17/2020 7:19:27 AM PDT by glennaro (Know that a muzzle is a symbol of subservience, of self-degradation and, most tragically, of fear.)
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To: madprof98

He’ll have his own show on MSNBC someday.


30 posted on 10/17/2020 7:21:40 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: glennaro

Sasse is a confidence trickster. Many politicians assume a political persona to get elected. Often in the GOP they pose as conservative to win a primary. Then they tack to the middle once elected assuming the GOP base will stay with them. What we see today is the real Sasse. Republicans hate Trump for spoiling their agenda but most of all they hates those of us who elected Trump.


31 posted on 10/17/2020 7:23:21 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: glennaro

China happened.?


32 posted on 10/17/2020 7:23:35 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
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To: boycott

What a disgusting human being!


33 posted on 10/17/2020 7:24:10 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: boycott

This stupid narcissistic opportunist kid senator is a creep. Fortunately his entreaties to vote against Trump will fall on deaf ears in one of the most Republican states in the nation. Unfortunately, he was not primaried. Maybe, next time, I hope.


34 posted on 10/17/2020 7:24:35 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: boycott

35 posted on 10/17/2020 7:24:52 AM PDT by x
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To: HangnJudge

I’m basically thinking compromised.


36 posted on 10/17/2020 7:26:24 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (In this circus called the Democrat Party, Biden is the monkey and Harris is the organ grinder...)
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To: glennaro

He is dishonorable, disgustingly so. I hope he’s getting an earful from his constituents.


37 posted on 10/17/2020 7:27:37 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: HangnJudge
The Desire for Power/Control/Money is the greatest lure of Satan and his minions. The allure of that which leads into death and destruction is horribly strong unless one wears the full armor of God

Luke 4:5-7 says this : The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours."

It didn't work on Jesus, but most of us aren't even close to being like Jesus...

38 posted on 10/17/2020 7:29:30 AM PDT by null and void (Don't piss off old people. The older we get the less 'life in prison' is a deterent!)
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To: boycott

Yeah, right, Sasse. Trump giving up his life to “profiteer from the presidency” is like Hugh Hefner taking on a Nebraska senate seat just so he could “meet hot chicks”.


39 posted on 10/17/2020 7:31:33 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: null and void

I don’t like Ben Sasse’s anti-Trumpism any more than the next guy, but one has to keep in mind that the bottom line is, he supports the president when it’s needed. As a Nebraskan, I prefer that he be somewhat less whiny Trump than he is, but because he’s on this side when it counts, he deserves the support of all Republicans and conservatives, pro- or anti-Trump alike.


40 posted on 10/17/2020 7:31:37 AM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the primitives)
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