President Trump dropped the hammer on Ben Sasse after Ben trashed Trump during a leaked phone call.
“The least effective of our 53 Republican Senators, and a person who truly doesn’t have what it takes to be great, is Little Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a State which I have gladly done so much to help,” Trump tweeted.
“@SenSasse was as nice as a [Republican in name only] can be until he recently won the Republican…Nomination to run for a second term. Then he went back to his rather stupid and obnoxious ways.”
Trump added: “Little Ben is a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska. Other than that, he’s just a wonderful guy!”
Ben said this and more in a leaked call with supporters but it is clear now he is trying to stake out a claim on the 2024 GOP nomination by trashing Trump.
“But the reality is that he careened from curb to curb. First, he ignored COVID. And then he went into full economic shutdown mode.
“He was the one who said 10 to 14 days of shutdown would fix this,” Sasse said in an event with constituents, according to audio obtained by The Washington Examiner. “And that was always wrong.
“I mean, and so I don’t think the way he’s lead through COVID has been reasonable or responsible or right.”
“The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor.
“The ways I criticize President Obama for that kind of spending; I’ve criticized President Trump for, as well,” Sasse added.
“He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists.”
This is what Trump said about Sasse in August:
“RINO Ben Sasse, who needed my support and endorsement in order to get the Republican nomination for Senate from the GREAT State of Nebraska, has, now that he’s got it (Thank you President T), gone rogue, again. This foolishness plays right into the hands of the Radical Left Dems!” Trump shot back, using the abbreviation for “Republican in name only.”
The least effective of our 53 Republican Senators, and a person who truly doesn’t have what it takes to be great, is Little Ben Sasse of Nebraska, a State which I have gladly done so much to help. @SenSasse was as nice as a RINO can be until he recently won the Republican….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2020
…Nomination to run for a second term. Then he went back to his rather stupid and obnoxious ways. Must feel he can’t lose to a Dem. Little Ben is a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska. Other than that, he’s just a wonderful guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2020
