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Wonderful speech?
Sasse
‘About a nation that has accelerated our contempt into tribalism, & about our continuing decline as a deliberative body.’
‘I’m not here to tonight to talk about’[insert indirect reference Kavanaugh]...
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2/ Sasse cont. ‘I’ve spent more than 150 hours (18.75 days of 31 days of hearings) at this point, reviewing documents, and hearings, ‘and consulting investigators, and experts related to this confirmation.’
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3/ Sasse cont. ‘Moreover, I’ll say that although I’ve said many complimentary things about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his distinguished record of 12 years on the DC circuit court, I will say that I urged the President back in June and early July, to make a different choice before
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4/ ..he announced his nomination, I urged him to nominate a different individual, I urged the President to nominate a woman.’ So...pic.twitter.com/wl9s3GjkMg
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5/ You definitively state you’re against tribalism, acknowledge Kavanaugh is qualified, but reinforce your call for a judge who is a woman? That isn’t tribalism?
@BenSasse Really@benshapiro RTing?pic.twitter.com/KrzqKEXGAO
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I like you Sam, but there's nothing about Sasse that is "center" or moderate whatsoever. He's all talk ("see, look at my furrowed brow!") and no action. He's never taken a stand with a vote or anything else that matters. That speech wasn't principled, it was calculated cover.
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Sure but Sam never claimed he'd take action or follow through. He just said it was a wonderful speech. Sometimes it is important that somebody speaks out. They may not be the ones to take action but it may inspire others to do so.
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Agreed. The speech itself was promoting a centrist view. That’s the point, not the speakers voting record.
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Ben Sasse isn't the center. He's extremely conservative politically. Dumb platitudes about doing the right thing are pretty worthless when they'll never be backed up by any action.
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Wow. Ben Sasse is such an enlightened path forward to sanity. * Checks his voting record * Oh, he voted against hurricane relief for Puerto Rico and wants to bring the US government back to the 19th century. OK...
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Don't be fooled. Don't believe what Ben Sasse says. Believe how he votes. Sasse is a right-wing extremist who tries to soft pedal his extremism.
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Yeah. How about no.
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Thanks Sam excellent post ,, was thinking this was cogent summation of current
circus that would appeal to everyone HA
reading the comments think it’s biased lacks principles and cover for right wing extremists?? Holy crap people are entrenched and beyond reasoning.
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From a senator who votes party-line with the party of asymmetric extremism. If the phrase “do as I say, not as I do” took on a corporeal form, it would be representing Nebraska in the Senate.
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Come on Sam. When I hear you talk politics it feels like you're coming from a space where both sides are equally wrong, and that to me is an enormous false equivalency. Something absent from your criticism of religion, but seemingly present for politics.
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