Sasse Slams Clearing of Protesters for Trump's Church Photo Opportunity

[Roc2020]

Source: National Review

Sasse said. “Every public servant in America should be lowering the temperature and that means saying two basic truths over and over: (1) police injustice — like the evil murder of George Floyd — is repugnant and merits peaceful protest aimed at change; (2) riots are abhorrent acts of violence that hurt the innocent.

Read more: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/sasse-slams-clearing-of-protesters-for-trumps-church-photo-opportunity/

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Trump keeps pushing Republicans. Testing them and their support. Nebraska is as Red State as it gets. That collapsing creaking sound on Trump's base is getting louder by the day.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. yeah Trump pushes and they roll over and piss themselves like puppies.

[Roc2020]

4. there is that too. but at some point

republicans have to start wondering what will the mantra be of the party after Trump. If there is even a republican party left.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Sasse puts one toe in the water again

just enough to keep his polls ok

[Roc2020]

5. wow. just wow.

[SunSeeker]

7. And Trump fumbled with the Bible to get his hand to hold it in just that way:

Link to tweet

[quaint]

10. Yep, works hard to emulate his hero.

[aquamarina]

9. holy shit

channeling his hero

[hibbing]

6. He emerges once again

Of course he will never, ever vote against the party of Trump. I really wish we had someone that could beat him. I'm old enough to remember when Nebraska had Democratic senators.


Peace

[patphil]

8. Here is the full quote from the National Review

“There is no right to riot, no right to destroy others’ property, and no right to throw rocks at police. But there is a fundamental — a Constitutional — right to protest, and I’m against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political prop,” Sasse said. “Every public servant in America should be lowering the temperature and that means saying two basic truths over and over: (1) police injustice — like the evil murder of George Floyd — is repugnant and merits peaceful protest aimed at change; (2) riots are abhorrent acts of violence that hurt the innocent. Say both things loudly and repeatedly, as Americans work to end the violence and injustice.”

Just for the record, Sasse is up for re-election.
I guess he's decided that it won't hurt him to criticize Trump a little when Trump has so obviously misplayed the religion card.