On this date in 2015, 2016, as well as 2017, “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day posted profiles of U.S. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, whose influence behind the scenes in Republican politics began back during the Bush administration, as he kept getting appointments and promotions that smelled of the good ol’ boy nepotism that Dubya’s time in the White House was known for. With some help from a big endorsement from conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin, Sasse stormed to the head of the GOP Primary, and easily won office in a mid-term election year in 2014. This in spite of the fact that he wants to ban all abortion and most forms of birth control, because life begins at conception and is not just, as he puts it, “a blob of cells”, that he believes that “if the Affordable Care Act lives, America as we know it will die”, that he believes the “religious beliefs” of an organization like Hobby Lobby should not be violated so they can make healthcare decisions or citizens, that we should ban same sex marriage, and in his weirdest belief, that the U.S. Capitol should be moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. Since taking office, Sen. Sasse has spent his time trying to defend the 2nd Amendment rights of suspected terrorists that we don’t even trust to get on a plane, trying to strip funding from Planned Parenthood over the fake “sting” video produced by the anti-abortion group the Center for Medical Progress, and undermining U.S. diplomacy by being one of the “#47 Traitors” who sent a letter to the leaders of Iran, hoping to sabotage the nuclear treaty being negotiated by the Obama administration.
Now, while late, Sen. Sasse seems like one of the more sane members of the GOP, what with how he announced he would not be attending the 2016 Republican National Convention by saying he would “rather take his kids to watch some dumpster fires, and repeatedly criticizing Donald Trump throughout his administration, we’ll note that Sasse still voted for every single member of the Trump “Cabinet of Horrors.voted to put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, voted for the “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, and voted for the atrocious GOP tax plan. It’s not words that count, Senator, it’s actions. And what we’re seeing is you’re consistently acting against the interests of the American people. We’ll continue monitoring the young Senator, and eagerly await the moment where he starts voting like the moderate he pretends to be.