Sasse: WH Failure to Condemn 'Putin's Sham Re-Election' 'Strengthened' a Tyrant – Leak of Briefing Materials 'Terrible'
During a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) condemned the White House for weakening the US and strengthening a tyrant by refusing "to speak directly and clearly" about Russia's election and the "terrible" leak of
21 Mar 2018, 3:27 PM PDT
Sasse: Take Guns First, Due Process Second 'Not How America Works'
On Thursday's broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Special Report," Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) responded to President Trump's comments on due process and gun violence restraining orders by stating that the president's approach is putting government first and it's "not
1 Mar 2018, 4:40 PM PDT
How Never Trump Spent Their First Year in Resistance
President Donald Trump's campaign for the White House created the greatest presidential upset in recent memory, but it also gave rise to the Never Trump "conservative."
Ian Mason
21 Jan 2018, 7:39 PM PDT
Never-Trump Sen. Ben Sasse Threatens to Quit NRSC if They Back Roy Moore
Never-Trump Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) threatened to quit the NRSC on Wednesday if they decided to back Alabama Judge Roy Moore.
Sean Moran
6 Dec 2017, 12:48 PM PDT
Sasse: AL Sen Race 'Crappy,' Roy Moore the 'New Kind of Identity Politics' of 'White Backlash Grievance'
This week on Jonah Goldberg's podcast "The Remnant," Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) said Alabama Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore represented "a new kind of identity politics, which he described as a "white backlash grievance." Sasse said, "It feels like
26 Oct 2017, 2:55 PM PDT
CNN/Daily Beast's Matt Lewis: Trump Voters 'Asses,' Bunch of Idiots
CNN commentator and Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis says President Donald Trump's voters are "asses" and endorses a "full-throated attempt" to primary Trump with someone like Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), a "NeverTrumper."
20 Aug 2017, 6:00 AM PDT
Top McMaster Ally Bill Kristol Plotting to Primary, Oust Trump: Must 'Take One Shot' at Removing POTUS
Bill Kristol, a prominent "Never Trumper" and one of national security adviser H.R. McMaster's fiercest defenders and allies, is reportedly scheming to primary or oust President Donald Trump so Republicans do not renominate him in 2020.
Tony Lee
5 Aug 2017, 12:45 PM PDT
'Never Trumper' Ben Sasse Goes to Iowa After Refusing to Rule Out 2020 Primary Challenge
After refusing to rule out a potential 2020 primary challenge to President Donald Trump, "Never Trump" Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) spoke to about 200 Republicans in Story County, Iowa on Friday evening. When CNN asked about his potential presidential ambitions, Sasse punted in a way that would have the late Sam Foltz proud.
8 Jul 2017, 2:52 PM PDT
Bill Maher Apologizes for Using Racial Slur on 'Real Time'
Real Time host Bill Maher has issued an apology after using a racial slur during a segment of his HBO program Friday night.
4 Jun 2017, 10:31 AM PDT
Sasse: I Have 'Lots of Anxiety' About Trump's Reality TV World's Effect on Our Kids
During Politico's "Off Message" podcast discussing his book "The Vanishing American Adult," never-Trumper Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) said President Donald Trump "comes out of a reality TV world," which gives him "lots of anxiety about whether or not that kind
30 May 2017, 12:35 PM PDT
Republicans Attack Trump over Comey Firing
Following Donald Trump's decision to sack FBI director James Comey, a number of NeverTrump Republicans have joined Democrats in criticizing the decision, suggesting it could be part of a wider conspiracy of collusion between Trump's campaign and Russian agents.
Ben Kew
10 May 2017, 1:16 PM PDT
Republicans Join Democrats Criticizing Donald Trump's Decision to Fire James Comey
Congressional Republicans were shaken by the news that FBI Director James Comey was fired, as many of them sided with their Democratic colleagues in questioning the decision.
Charlie Spiering
10 May 2017, 7:11 AM PDT
Neil Gorsuch: Bill of Rights Added Because Founding Fathers Were 'Jealous of Their Liberties'
During last week's confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch explained that the Founding Fathers hedged in the right to keep and bear arms because they were "jealous of their liberties."
AWR Hawkins
Senate Critics of Paul Ryan Healthcare Bill Sound Alarm at the White House
A group of Senate critics of the House-led effort to replace Obamacare met with senior White House aides on Tuesday to warn of the bill's uncertain future in the Senate.
15 Mar 2017, 12:16 PM PDT
US Senator Demands Public Release of FISA Court Warrant Request from Alleged Obama Surveillance of Trump Tower
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), delivered a statement on Saturday concerning the accusations President Trump posted to Twitter that President Barack Obama authorized wiretaps on Trump's campaign during the recent election.
GOP Sen Sasse: 'There is No Moral Equivalency' Between U.S., Putin
Sunday on ABC's "This Week,"when asked about a clip from a Super Bowl interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly in which President Donald Trump when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin being a killer said America isn't all that innocent,
5 Feb 2017, 8:56 AM PDT
Establishment Republicans Bash Trump's Executive Order on Immigration, Refugee Resettlement
Some establishment-aligned Republicans criticized President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration reform, strengthening the left's emotional narrative about a fictitious "Muslim ban."
Katie McHugh
31 Jan 2017, 2:02 AM PDT
'Never Trump' Ben Sasse Criticizes Trump's Refugee Moratorium: 'Signal' to Help Terrorist Recruiting
In a sign of things to come for the 2020 election, junior Republican Senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse attacked President Donald Trump's executive order halting refugee resettlement as a "signal" that would empower Islamic jihadists.
Putin Signs Measure Revoking Religious Freedom: 'Most Restrictive in Post-Soviet History'
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation this week that severely restricts freedom of religion by prohibiting any religious speech or evangelization outside of places of worship.
Dr. Susan Berry
10 Jul 2016, 7:39 PM PDT
Ben Sasse, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz Not Running as Independent Against Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in November
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) will absolutely not be an independent candidate for president in November, his team confirmed to Breitbart News on Monday morning. A high-placed source close to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has also confirmed that it will not be him running against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November. Another high-placed source, this one close to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), has confirmed that the Texas senator—Trump's last serious competitor for the GOP nomination—will also not be launching an independent bid for president in November.
Matthew Boyle
Nebraska GOP Convention Humiliates Ben Sasse with Crushing 400 to 8 Reprimand
Delegates to the State Republican Convention in Nebraska dealt a near unanimous reprimand to Sen. Ben Sasse on Saturday for his outspoken support for the "Never Trump" effort designed to deny presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump the presidency in November.
Michael Patrick Leahy
Politico: Public Rebuke Brews for Ben Sasse at Nebraska Convention
Sen. Ben Sasse's outspoken rejection of Donald Trump is roiling Nebraska Republican politics, and the discord is threatening to boil over at the state's GOP convention Saturday.
Failure to Launch: #NeverTrump Third Party Effort Dies Aborning
Jonathan Swan writes at The Hill of the "fizzling out" of the "Never Trump" movement's efforts to launch a third party candidate against the GOP's presumptive nominee.
13 May 2016, 11:08 AM PDT
Kristol: 50/50 Chance There Will Be a Third-Party Candidate
Monday on CNN's "At This Hour," Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who has been advocating for a third-party candidate to run against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton, said there is a "50/50" chance a
9 May 2016, 10:07 AM PDT
General Mattis Says No to Bill Kristol's Attempt to Get Him to Run Third Party
Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis is not going to run a third-party campaign if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee.
29 Apr 2016, 11:52 AM PDT
At-Large, Killer Illegal Alien Was an 'Unaccompanied Minor' HHS Released to Another Illegal
The illegal immigrant now charged with killing 21-year-old Sarah Root while street-racing drunk in Omaha entered the U.S. as an "unaccompanied minor." The Obama administration then placed him in the custody of his brother, another illegal immigrant.
Caroline May
Brooks: 'Lack of Courage' For Other Candidates To Say They'd Support Trump, Future of GOP and Country at Stake
New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that there was "a lack of courage" in other candidates saying GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is "a scam artist and a con artist and a liar and reckless and would hurt the country,
5 Mar 2016, 9:11 AM PDT
Sasse: Your Candidate Should Be Someone You Would Want At a Dinner with Your Children
Thursday at the the annual Conservative Political Action Conference hosted by the American Conservative Union, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) appeared to take a veiled shot at GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump when he said any presidential candidate should be "someone
Sasse: 'If the Republican Party Becomes the Party of David Duke, Donald Trump, I'm Out'
Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) threatened to leave the Republican Party if it "becomes the party" of David Duke and Donald Trump. Sasse said, "First of all, let's back up and give Donald Trump credit for this. He —
The Political Cowardice of the Anti-Trump Republican Elite
Like a gormless gaggle of liberal arts majors, the Republican brass are afraid to leave their "safe space." Instead, they pick impotently at the probable party nominee in a pretentious fit of post-modernist pique.
Joel B. Pollak