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Sen. Ben Sasse: ‘Adults Don’t Point a Loaded Gun at the Heart of Legitimate Self-Government’
National Review ^ | 01/01/2021 | JOHN MCCORMACK

Posted on 01/01/2021 8:06:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind

In a lengthy post on Facebook, Nebraska GOP senator Ben Sasse addresses the danger of Congress attempting to overturn the election on January 6:

The president and his allies are playing with fire. They have been asking – first the courts, then state legislatures, now the Congress – to overturn the results of a presidential election. They have unsuccessfully called on judges and are now calling on federal officeholders to invalidate millions and millions of votes. If you make big claims, you had better have the evidence. But the president doesn’t and neither do the institutional arsonist members of Congress who will object to the Electoral College vote.

Let’s be clear what is happening here: We have a bunch of ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without doing any real, long-term damage. But they’re wrong – and this issue is bigger than anyone’s personal ambitions. Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bensasse; crooked; election; illegitimate; not; overturning
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To: SeekAndFind

Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.

Thats the point...it ain’t legitimate.

Stop being a bleating sheep.


101 posted on 01/02/2021 3:56:08 AM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Targeted vote fraud has overturned an election.

Exposing it and righting it are reinstating the legitimate results.

Amazing how many of our elected officials are rushing to protect illegitimate votes — and silence legitimate voters.

Are they all so stupid? Or all so crooked?


102 posted on 01/02/2021 4:12:47 AM PST by LateBoomer
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To: SeekAndFind

Didn’t Trump carry Nebraska by about 10 points?


103 posted on 01/02/2021 4:13:55 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (STOLEN ELECTION 2020)
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To: SeekAndFind

National Review is an irrelevant nest of grifting squishy GOPe RINOs.


104 posted on 01/02/2021 4:27:59 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: dfwgator

105 posted on 01/02/2021 4:29:11 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sasse makes Cornhuskers seem confused.


106 posted on 01/02/2021 4:31:48 AM PST by Theodore R. ( )
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To: LateBoomer

Stupid?

Crooked?

No question marks are needed. The coup plotters knew that the corrupt in gov’t will support the steal

It will not stop until the hangings start. This senate traitor can be added to the rather long list that is rapidly growing by the minute

Traitor or patriot? Easy answer here- arrest him


107 posted on 01/02/2021 4:39:38 AM PST by politicianslie (I took HCQ+Zn on the 3rd day of symptoms. HCQ+Zn is a grand slam home run CURE!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“If you make big claims, you had better have the evidence. But the president doesn’t...”

Outrageous lies such as this is why I am skeptical of any evidence presented to Congress Wednesday. Congressman will just claim it is all made up lies. It is that easy.


108 posted on 01/02/2021 4:40:55 AM PST by odawg
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To: ex-cadet

they CHEATED which is why they attack.

after Trump is installed,
THEY must be removed
and punished.


109 posted on 01/02/2021 4:44:04 AM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: Williams

The reality is the GOP is colluding with Democrats to cheat Trump out of office.


110 posted on 01/02/2021 5:39:28 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: nikos1121

Because they are in on it.


111 posted on 01/02/2021 5:43:27 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: lepton

We have several more where Republicans colluded with Democrats.


112 posted on 01/02/2021 5:47:35 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

this perfect ahole emits again.


113 posted on 01/02/2021 5:50:18 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("The more righteous your fight, the more opposition you will face." --Donald J. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

“overturn” ..thats pretty funny.

Biden and the UniParty are the ones that “overturned” an election..and are getting all pissy about We the People intending to do something about it


114 posted on 01/02/2021 5:54:32 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: SeekAndFind

If the election was fraudulent, and it was, there is no legitimate self government going on.


115 posted on 01/02/2021 5:58:43 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: SeekAndFind

What a quisling - Nebraska, clean up on isle three.


116 posted on 01/02/2021 6:03:25 AM PST by Godzilla ( I just love the smell of COVFEFE in the morning . . . . )
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To: LateBoomer

The second one.


117 posted on 01/02/2021 6:52:57 AM PST by MonicaG (God bless our military! Praying and thanking God for you every day. Thank you!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; SeekAndFind; Impy; BillyBoy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; LS; campaignPete R-CT; ...

Dear Ben:

PATRIOTS don’t let their country get handed over to communist bought-and-paid-for stooges and trained monkeys, either.

What a gutless, spineless p*ssy.


118 posted on 01/02/2021 7:58:06 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ben Sasse is one of the worst vichy RINOs.


119 posted on 01/02/2021 8:17:14 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Fai Mao

And the evidence has been presented in hours of testimony in hearings before six state legislatures, if you care to look.


120 posted on 01/02/2021 8:23:06 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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