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Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) claims ‘the right wants a strongman daddy figure’
The Hill ^ | 06/03/22 10:08 PM ET | BY CAROLINE VAKIL

Posted on 06/05/2022 8:36:40 PM PDT by RandFan

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) claimed in a speech on Thursday that “the right wants a strongman daddy figure” in describing his political party while asserting that Democrats want “a powerful, nameless but supposedly benevolent bureaucracy.”

“In the 2016 presidential campaign, you had two candidates with wildly different solution sets, but their fundamental diagnosis was really the same. The system’s rigged, you’re getting screwed, you’re a victim, the country is going down the tubes, you’re victims,” Sasse said while giving remarks at “A Time for Choosing Speaker Series” event by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.

“The left wants a powerful, nameless but supposedly benevolent bureaucracy. The right wants a strongman daddy figure, but the loudest of them all agree on one thing: America, the one the founders gave us, the one kept for us by our parents and grandparents, it doesn’t work anymore,” he continued. “They can’t work anymore. These are not the good faith positions of two big healthy political parties that are just competing about different visions of leadership.”

The Nebraska Republican also claimed it was “full of crap” for both political parties to villainize the other in what have become an increasingly partisan climate, especially in light of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, in which a mob of pro-Trump supporters tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: 2020election; bensasse; bensoyboy; bensoysauce; candysasse; carolinevakil; rino; sasse; vakil
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1 posted on 06/05/2022 8:36:40 PM PDT by RandFan
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Oh STFU, RINO Rat.


2 posted on 06/05/2022 8:38:07 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: RandFan

I want a “daddy figure?”

I want someone who wants the Law followed, gets rid of corruption, and who helps get the country back on track and away from PC crud.


3 posted on 06/05/2022 8:39:03 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: RandFan

Ben sounds like he’s about as out of touch with reality as Joetato.


4 posted on 06/05/2022 8:41:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (Shall not be infringed!)
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To: RandFan

There is no doubt that he is a traitor to the country. He is immersed in DC and cannot see right from wrong?

I guess he could be JUST THAT STUPID.


5 posted on 06/05/2022 8:41:51 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: RandFan

Ben’s asse called - it’s looking for its moron.


6 posted on 06/05/2022 8:44:40 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RandFan

A favorite of long gone Medved. Now please disappear too clown.
What is wrong with the stupid party? Answer: always trying to appease the media and the rats, in addition to being f’ing wimps.


7 posted on 06/05/2022 8:46:01 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: RandFan

F the malicious straw men, and mind reading. RINOs have zero authority to speak for others. Don’t put words in our mouths, and don’t attribute motives.

Oh, that’s right, this is from The Hill - reliable, Deep State gaslighting.


8 posted on 06/05/2022 8:46:19 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: RandFan

He’d be a moron if he was serious and not just spewing talking points.

He knows and they all know Trump is supported for his policies. They were good and they were proven to work.


9 posted on 06/05/2022 8:47:30 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: kiryandil

We all know Dennis Hastert was Ben’s Daddy.


10 posted on 06/05/2022 8:48:22 PM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!S)
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To: RandFan

I’m so old I remember when the Democrats cheered accolades to Bill Clinton for being a strong daddy figure.


11 posted on 06/05/2022 8:48:23 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: ifinnegan
He knows and they all know Trump is supported for his policies. They were good and they were proven to work.

Trump: The Same Tank of Gas for Half The Price


12 posted on 06/05/2022 8:49:28 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RandFan

The Reddest States have the worst Senators.

Best thing about MAGA is that now they don’t even try to hide their contempt for their own voters.


13 posted on 06/05/2022 8:49:42 PM PDT by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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Demented old Biden wrecked the country and all the Republicans want to do is criticize their own base.


14 posted on 06/05/2022 8:50:15 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: ground_fog

Ben’s still mad about Dennis Hastert’s standing policy.


15 posted on 06/05/2022 8:50:20 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RandFan

Oh look! Another “Chamber of Commerce” Republican lamenting the fact that elitists aren’t freely allowed to screw over honest, law-abiding citizens.


16 posted on 06/05/2022 8:50:52 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Fungi

Sasse is right in a way, the right WANTS strong men, instead we have pussys like Sasse we want leaders with a spine!!


17 posted on 06/05/2022 8:51:43 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: RandFan

as opposed to... wut?

sit down and STFU!!!


18 posted on 06/05/2022 8:51:50 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: kiryandil

“Trump: The Same Tank of Gas for Half The Price”

It really has about doubled.


19 posted on 06/05/2022 8:53:21 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: RandFan

Ben is very comfortable with a senile grandpa figure and a supporting cabal of destructive incompetents. Really time to be rid of Sasse and his ilk.


20 posted on 06/05/2022 8:53:42 PM PDT by allendale
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