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GOP senator [Sasse] slams Trump: 'John Lewis's 'talk' changed the world'
The Hill ^ | Jan 14 2017 | The Hill

Posted on 01/14/2017 8:43:26 AM PST by WilliamIII

A Senate Republican is blasting President-elect Donald Trump's criticism of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), praising the lawmaker for his leadership in the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Saturday seized on Trump's characterization of Lewis as "All talk, talk, talk - no action," pointing out that his "talk" made a significant contribution in the civil rights movement.

"John Lewis and his 'talk' have changed the world," Sasse tweeted.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Georgia; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: bensasse; butthurt; election; georgia; johnlewis; lewis; nebraska; nevertrump; sasse; thehill; thehillary; theshill; trump
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

I will say this: Trump would have been smarter to take the high road with his tweet response after Lewis called him illegitimate. Something like, “John Lewis, your district has high crime and high unemployment. I want to fix that - and you could help your constituents by putting divisiveness aside and joining me. If not, sad”


61 posted on 01/14/2017 9:18:29 AM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/senator-ben-sasse-declares-he-will-never-support-trump/


62 posted on 01/14/2017 9:18:32 AM PST by libh8er
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To: windsorknot

I believe the “shark talk” was another popular liberal in the House from New York City.


63 posted on 01/14/2017 9:18:48 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: Carl Vehse

Basse is a graduate of the Neocon school of Bill Kristol


64 posted on 01/14/2017 9:18:51 AM PST by Rebel2016
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To: Carl Vehse

No chance for national office. Sasse’s political days I think are numbered. Any info on whether someone legitimate can primary him?


65 posted on 01/14/2017 9:18:56 AM PST by SarahPalin2012
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To: WilliamIII
Yes, let us not forget MLK who denied the Divinity of Christ, who called soldiers fighting in Vietnam traitors, who took church money and used it for kinky sex with white prostitutes and kept in his inner circle communists & homosexuals. Mr. Lewis and his entourage came to Selma, Al. and disrupted the lives of law abiding & God fearing citizens with conservative values by fornicating & defecating in their front lawns. Time does whitewash history.
66 posted on 01/14/2017 9:19:08 AM PST by Lonely Are The Brave
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To: WilliamIII

Lewis has a Lifetime “Get out of being a lying dolt” Card because of what he did back in the 60’s.

It’s like defending Lee Harvey Oswald for killing JFK because he once was a Marine.


67 posted on 01/14/2017 9:20:48 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: Voluntaryist

He looks like a child molester.


68 posted on 01/14/2017 9:21:08 AM PST by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is coming in to bloom again.)
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To: WilliamIII

Lewis wrongly attacked the “legitimacy’ of Donald John Trump our PRESIDENT? And yet he fails to address the “legitimacy” of over 85% of Black children that grow up in dire poverty without fathers! Is he concerned abut that “legitimacy”?


69 posted on 01/14/2017 9:22:13 AM PST by WENDLE (Meet force with more force in DC !! Take nothing off these thugs!!)
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To: WilliamIII

The Democrats aren’t the only ones who learned nothing from the election of Trump.


70 posted on 01/14/2017 9:22:56 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: ifinnegan
Distractions and disruptions. Neither Lewis nor Sasse are worth paying attention to. A train doesn’t need to worry about insects on the track.

Exactly. Trump should not have sent these Tweets. History is written by the winners.

71 posted on 01/14/2017 9:23:52 AM PST by montag813
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To: Bullish

Sasse is a never Trump type.


72 posted on 01/14/2017 9:23:53 AM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: Carl Vehse

No. He needs to beware. The Republican party and all its machinery are Trumps now.


73 posted on 01/14/2017 9:24:15 AM PST by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that rmemoveth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: madprof98

Lewis represents a district that is 60% black.


74 posted on 01/14/2017 9:24:57 AM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: WilliamIII

Another RINO/collaborator with a stupid mouth.


75 posted on 01/14/2017 9:25:51 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: WilliamIII

...Trump would have been smarter to...


Everyone is always telling Trump what he should’ve done. Somehow, though he always sets the agenda by doing it his way. Don’t change, Donald.


76 posted on 01/14/2017 9:27:27 AM PST by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is coming in to bloom again.)
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To: WilliamIII
I hope that Mr Trump has figured out that he has at least a few enemies in the Republican Party.Being a smart,savvy guy my guess is that he has.
77 posted on 01/14/2017 9:28:06 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Lonely Are The Brave

Attacking Martin Luther King makes this thread look extremist and nutty. The issue is Sasse attacking Trump. Sass and his supporters will be happy if you make sasses critics look like opponents of Martin Luther King. I’m not. King was right about segregation and equal rights, and I didn’t start this thread to attack the civil rights movement. I started it to attack backstabber Sasse


78 posted on 01/14/2017 9:29:33 AM PST by WilliamIII
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To: Lonely Are The Brave

Wow. Welcome to crazy town, Lonely.


79 posted on 01/14/2017 9:30:31 AM PST by jim35 (The Tree of Liberty is coming in to bloom again.)
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To: windsorknot

“The liberal black GA. congressman ( lewis)that first came up with this claimed over 100,000,000 slaves were thrown overboard by slavers trying to avoid capture by British navel ships that were enforcing the empires ban on slavery. “

The absurdity of this deranged buffoon defies and credibility on any other matter!! What was he smokin?


80 posted on 01/14/2017 9:30:41 AM PST by WENDLE (Meet force with more force in DC !! Take nothing off these thugs!!)
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