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GOP senator: Trump used ‘Word of God as a political prop’ (Ben Sasse)
AP ^
| June 2, 2020
| MATTHEW DALY
Posted on 06/02/2020 12:07:18 PM PDT by maggief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s use of the Bible “as a political prop” as the president warned protesters he would deploy the U.S. military to end violent protests against police brutality.
Police used tear gas to clear peaceful demonstrators from a park Monday night near the White House so Trump could walk to a nearby church and pose with a Bible.
“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,″ Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said Tuesday.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: ass; bensasse; nebraska
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:07:18 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
So Sassy believes that lie too?
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:08:22 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: maggief
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:09:24 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: maggief
I think it is refreshing to see the US President with a Bible
Better than the koran
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:09:27 PM PDT
by
QualityMan
( Mr. President, we have your back.)
To: maggief
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:10:04 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Just sit in your house until the food stops coming and then starve. You'll be safe.)
To: maggief
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:10:13 PM PDT
by
chris37
(China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
To: maggief
Hey Sasse:
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:11:31 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: maggief
Please, I’ve heard more about Nancy Pelosi’s views on Jesus than you can shake a stick at.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:12:32 PM PDT
by
A_perfect_lady
(The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
To: maggief
How about when the Clintons went to church during the Lewinsky debacle? Now THAT was a stunt.
To: maggief
Thank you Dear Lord, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, unmasked himself... how many pages serve Sasse?
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:14:09 PM PDT
by
Just mythoughts
(Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
To: maggief
No, Sasse. the Bible represents the values of decent law-abiding Americans.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:14:10 PM PDT
by
EliRoom8
To: A_perfect_lady
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday clutched a Bible and read scripture in reaction to President Trump’s remarks from St. John’s church.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:14:36 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: A_perfect_lady
How does Sasse know what was in Trump’s heart? All of those trashing the president for his supposed Intentions have their own fingers pointing back at them. This is the kind of evil thing they would do. So naturally they assume others would do the same. They have to face God one day for their utter evil and corrupt hearts.
To: maggief
So do all the "prosperity Gospel" types out there.
At least Trump was sincere with his message.
Who is Ben to judge the heart of Trump?
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:15:57 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
To: maggief
The GOP’s very own Fredo finally pipes up.
[Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.]
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:17:01 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: maggief
Something wrong with that guy Sasse. He’s just a little off. Not right in the head.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:18:39 PM PDT
by
hinckley buzzard
(Power is more often surrendered than seized)
To: chris37
Well he’s a zero in my book.
What an awful thing to say about a President in your own political party.
Don’t know much about the guy before this snark but I got his number now.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:19:05 PM PDT
by
Fishtalk
To: maggief
Why can’t these effing R dummies just keep their mouth shut.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:20:48 PM PDT
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: Fishtalk
He’s a neverTrumper, another one who needs to be primaried.
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posted on
06/02/2020 12:22:08 PM PDT
by
fatman6502002
((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
To: maggief
Police did not use tear gas. That’s been announced several times today.
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