BobbyT
Governor
Ben Sasse, unicorn Republican (i.e., truthful). He's not providing anything new or far fetched, merely reiterating what thinking people already know. But it's just so unusual to receive it from a Republican. Emphasis is mine.
"It seems to me that the best way we can serve our constituents is to tell the truth as we see it, and explain why. And in my view, President-Elect Biden didn't simply win the election; President Trump couldn't persuade even his own lawyers to argue anything different than that in U.S. federal courts," Sasse said. He added that the Republicans now crying foul on the outgoing president's behalf are only pretending, acting out of fear of the president's core voters: "When we talk in private, I haven't heard a single Congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent — not one. Instead, I hear them talk about their worries about how they will 'look' to President Trump's most ardent supporters."
"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," Sasse wrote. "Adults don't point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government." https://www.salon.com/2020/12/31/be...tional-arsonists-for-electoral-college-stunt/
Yup.
"It seems to me that the best way we can serve our constituents is to tell the truth as we see it, and explain why. And in my view, President-Elect Biden didn't simply win the election; President Trump couldn't persuade even his own lawyers to argue anything different than that in U.S. federal courts," Sasse said. He added that the Republicans now crying foul on the outgoing president's behalf are only pretending, acting out of fear of the president's core voters: "When we talk in private, I haven't heard a single Congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent — not one. Instead, I hear them talk about their worries about how they will 'look' to President Trump's most ardent supporters."
"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," Sasse wrote. "Adults don't point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government." https://www.salon.com/2020/12/31/be...tional-arsonists-for-electoral-college-stunt/
Yup.
