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Delegates at Nebraska GOP convention smack down Ben Sasse's call for third-party candidate
Omaha World-Herald ^ | May 14, 2016 | Robynn Tysver

Posted on 05/14/2016 5:09:05 PM PDT by monkapotamus

U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse has carved out a name for himself on the national stage as a leader in the “Never Trump” Republican faction.

On the home front, however, the Nebraska freshman found himself rebuked Saturday by party loyalists upset at his call for a third-party candidate to arise and give conservatives such as himself an alternative to Trump in the fall election...

“If you support a third-party candidate, you are going to elect Hillary Clinton and she is going to nominate the next three or four members of the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Pat McPherson, an Omaha Republican.

The delegates also went one step further in making clear they were lining up behind Trump. They roundly rejected a counter-resolution that sought to condemn the presumptive GOP presidential nominee for making “degrading” comments toward women and minorities. (The resolution was submitted by people who opposed the earlier resolution.)

One Republican said it was not their place to be “thought police” in this presidential election.

Trump claimed more than 60 percent of the GOP vote in Nebraska’s presidential primary Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: bensasse; nebraska; sasse; smackdown; trump
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1 posted on 05/14/2016 5:09:06 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

I wonder how much it hurts when you step on your crank.


2 posted on 05/14/2016 5:11:27 PM PDT by johniegrad
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He needs a good bitch-slapping.


3 posted on 05/14/2016 5:12:59 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: monkapotamus

OOOPs!


4 posted on 05/14/2016 5:13:38 PM PDT by hoosiermama (W1240 (a couple extra to boot) l a Under budget. Ahead of schedule! Go TRUMP GO)
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To: monkapotamus

I am getting sick and tired of these GOPe scum calling themselves “conservatives.” They are not conservative in any way, shape, or form and are using the standard leftist playbook of trying to define the debate by defining the words and terms.


5 posted on 05/14/2016 5:15:56 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: johniegrad

Lol! My Nebraska political contact say Sasse should have stayed a professor. As it is, he is going to get schooled.


6 posted on 05/14/2016 5:16:24 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: monkapotamus

He was b!+€# slapped. He deserves many more.


7 posted on 05/14/2016 5:16:49 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: monkapotamus

I assume when Sasse is forced to come around, he’ll be another one of those who will sit on his behind and expect Trump to come and kiss his ring.


8 posted on 05/14/2016 5:17:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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Hmm..., Only if Ben Sasse is looking to give the presidency to Hillary. We learned of the failure of third party losses with another guy named Perot. NFW...


9 posted on 05/14/2016 5:18:23 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: OldMissileer

Apparently, their definition of ‘conservative’ is ‘trade deals’ and ‘globalism’.

I have NEVER thought of those things as being conservative.

A trade deal cannot be conservative unless it preserves the wealth, stature, and viability of our nation.

Globalism can never be conservative since it is in direct contradiction of our American independence.


10 posted on 05/14/2016 5:22:52 PM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: monkapotamus

He’s not a conservative, he’s not a republican.

Kick him out.


11 posted on 05/14/2016 5:22:58 PM PDT by JPJones ( You can't help the working class by paying the non-working class.)
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To: monkapotamus

I can’t recall which day it was but Dennis Praeger really took the Never Trump people to the woodshed at the beginning of his show. He said he did not like Trump, but was voting for him and could not understand why his colleagues like Medved, Levin, Kristol, Goldberg would say they would never vote for Trump.
He should have added Limbaugh and Hewitt to that chorus of people who pretend they are neutral, but are not.
I hope Sasse gets kicked out of the party.


12 posted on 05/14/2016 5:26:14 PM PDT by pugmama (Ports toon.)
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{Lol! My Nebraska political contact say Sasse should have stayed a professor. As it is, he is going to get schooled.}

Not schooled.... schlonged.


13 posted on 05/14/2016 5:28:42 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: xzins

>>Globalism can never be conservative since it is in direct contradiction of our American independence.<<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are totally correct.

Globalists have tried to steal the “Conservative” brand and slap it on their own poisonous product.


14 posted on 05/14/2016 5:30:59 PM PDT by Disestablishmentarian
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To: OldMissileer

Agreed!
These self labeled “conservatives”, among them Sasse, wouldn’t recognize a core conservative principle if it jumped up and bit them in the ass. Mouthing conservative is a cliche’ to get them elected.


15 posted on 05/14/2016 5:35:06 PM PDT by Arrian (Lord)
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I believe the rich are deeply worried about Donald Trump hurting their Foreign investments that they use manufacturing out of the country and ship into the country to be sold. So far the rich have bough everyone but Donald Trump. Even Mark Cuban is a Foreign investor who did support DOnald Trump at first. While the rich take our jobs out of the country, they are importing rapefugees, foreign visa workers, and illegal immigrants.


16 posted on 05/14/2016 5:41:16 PM PDT by StCloudMoose
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To: monkapotamus

Looks like the Nebraska Republicans kicked some(S)ass(E) today.


17 posted on 05/14/2016 5:44:33 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: monkapotamus

So many establishment pukes have refused to read the handwriting on the wall, and have wound up crushed underfoot, either directly or indirectly by Trump.

I’ve said it before. These pampered princes haven’t had a real leader for so long, that many of them don’t know how to act when a real boss finally shows up.

Guess some of them will have to find out the hard way.


18 posted on 05/14/2016 5:48:48 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: monkapotamus

I would not call him a conservative.


19 posted on 05/14/2016 5:53:58 PM PDT by apocalypto
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Sasse is carrying water for Romney. Now he’s :not talking about Trump:? What a phony and coward.
I’m curious what is the process for expulsion from the party? Certainly Romney should be removed from the GOP after his comments regarding the presumptive nom earlier in the week.


20 posted on 05/14/2016 5:56:17 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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