I would say Ben Sasse is a real conservative. I found this interesting.I will say that Trump is definitely reaping the malice and discord he has sown during the last five years in office.
Slamming Trump, G.O.P. Senator Warns of a ‘Republican Blood Bath’
Trump 'kisses dictators' butts' and 'mocks evangelicals,' Sasse says in call with constituents
Republican senator Ben Sasse predicts Donald Trump will 'LOSE and take down the Senate' (shortened title)
Sasse responded by first talking about issues on which he agrees with Trump, but then cited areas where the president’s views are deficient — not just for a Republican, he says, but for an American.
“The way he kisses dictators' butts. I mean, the way he ignores that the Uighurs are in literal concentration camps in Xinjiang right now,” Sasse said. “He hasn't lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong-Kongers. I mean, he and I have a very different foreign policy. It isn’t just that he fails to lead our allies. It’s that the United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership. The way he treats women and spends like a drunken sailor. The ways I criticize President Obama for that kind of spending, I've criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He's flirted with white supremacists."
“The way he kisses dictators' butts. I mean, the way he ignores that the Uighurs are in literal concentration camps in Xinjiang right now,” Sasse said. “He hasn't lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong-Kongers. I mean, he and I have a very different foreign policy. It isn’t just that he fails to lead our allies. It’s that the United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership. The way he treats women and spends like a drunken sailor. The ways I criticize President Obama for that kind of spending, I've criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He's flirted with white supremacists."
I agree with everything he said. If Sasse ever ran for President, I'd vote for him. I'd like to see someone like him being Leader of the Senate Republicans. Sasse could probably get more done as Minority Leader than Mitch McConnell has as Majority Leader.
Edit to add: Trump won Nebraska in 2016 by 25%. He's ahead of Biden now by a mere 8%.
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