Thursday morning, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse (R) weighed in on the debate over football players kneeling during the national anthem, and his criticism was clearly aimed–at least partially–at President Trump, who has been accused of colluding with Russia during the 2016 election:
No one loves American-vs-American fighting more than Putin. His intel agencies stoke both sides of every divide.https://t.co/H6BwjHzokH
— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
That’s an incredibly valid point, but infamous alt-right/neo-Nazi/white supremacist Richard Spencer couldn’t resist taking a cheap shot at Senator Sasse, responding with this:
In the minds of goober conservatives, the Russians are to blame for racial divisions. https://t.co/CzpGfL6u4M
— Richard ? Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
But Spencer wasn’t counting on what Sasse dished out in retaliation. The Nebraska Republican went on an 11 tweet rant that cut Spencer down to size and shut him up:
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Oh let goobers & nongoobers agree on this: Racists like you are to blame. But Putin's agencies also love using you as their divisive tool https://t.co/DaD4XaNvI5— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Don’t get me wrong: we’ll always have brown-shirt-pajama-boy Nazis like you & your lonely pals stoking division. But here’s America 101: https://t.co/SboVZmOuu2— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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You don’t get America. You said: “You do not have some human right, some abstract thing given to you by God or something like that.” https://t.co/ScXDGFcbGp— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Actually, that's exactly what America declares we do have: People are the image-bearers of God, created with dignity& inalienable rights. https://t.co/d4orBrHJMw— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Sadly, you don't understand human dignity. A person's skin, ancestry, and bank balance have nothing to do with their intrinsic value. https://t.co/5JsyVAKQRL— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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This declaration of universal dignity is what America is about. Madison called our Constitution "the greatest reflection on human nature" https://t.co/NQluVs1KvA— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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You talk about culture but don't know squat about western heritage–which sees people not as tribes but as individuals of limitless worth https://t.co/VKNvDUXLtT— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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The celebration of universal dignity IS our culture, & it rejects your "white culture" crybaby politics. It rejects all identity politics https://t.co/Adlj9AvNPR— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Sometime after moving back into your parents' basement, you knock-off Nazis fell in love with reheated 20th century will-to-power garbage https://t.co/XDTeATVGSe— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Your "ideas" aren't just hateful, un-American poison–they're also just so dang boring. The future doesn't belong to your stupid memes. https://t.co/bNHSlf1uOx— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
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Get a real job, Clown. Find an actual neighbor to serve. You'll be happier.
Have a nice day. https://t.co/ToREd7VwDM— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) September 28, 2017
I don’t often say this about Republicans, but it applies to Senator Sasse: This guy actually gets it. I doubt we share many other political beliefs, but it’s encouraging to see someone in the GOP put the alt-righters who worship Trump in their place. Now if only Sasse would be as consistent in denouncing people like Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore and other racists in the GOP who are a cancer on this country.
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