GOP Senator To Trump: ‘Are You Recanting Of Your Oath’ Of Office?

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., speaks during a legislative summit featuring Nebraska's elected Congressional and House officials, in Ashland, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The annual event, held at the Strategic Air Comman... Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., speaks during a legislative summit featuring Nebraska's elected Congressional and House officials, in Ashland, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. The annual event, held at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, is sponsored by the Lincoln, Neb., Chamber of Commerce . (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) MORE LESS
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A Republican senator is questioning whether President Donald Trump is committed to defending the Constitution after the President suggested that news outlets’ broadcasting licenses should be “challenged.”

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) tweeted a statement late Wednesday asking whether Trump was “recanting his oath” of office.

“Mr. President: Words spoken by the President of the United States matter. Are you tonight recanting of the oath you took on January 20th to preserve, protect and defend the First Amendment?”

The President’s tweets are apparently in response to reports from NBC that Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wanted to resign from his post this summer and called Trump a “moron.”

Both have denied that the reports are true.

While attacking the media isn’t new for Trump, his latest threat of using the power of the federal government to go after media companies represents a dramatic escalation in his ongoing war against the press.

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  1. Recanting? No. He’s just ignoring it. Just as he has since he took it.

  2. More posturing/positioning for the GOP A.T. (After Trump).
    I forget, does this guy belong to the Kochs, or the Waltons, or the Mercers?
    Oligarchs all look alike to me.

  3. Avatar for gmccpa gmccpa says:

    This article says Tillerson has denied calling Trump a moron. Is that so? Maybe I missed it…I never heard a denial.

  4. Screw Sasse:

    In 2016, Sasse was the only senator from either party to vote against the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, which was intended to address abuse of heroin and opioid drugs by providing funds to the states for treatment and prevention programs and by making the anti-overdose drug naloxone more widely available to first responders and law enforcement agencies…

    In Sasse’s Senate run in 2014, he received an “AQ” rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA). According to the NRA’s press release, the rating was the most favorable that could be given to a candidate who had no voting record on gun-related issues. The NRA endorsed Sasse in the race…

    In the Senate, Sasse continued to support repeal of the ACA. In 2017, with Republicans unable to develop a repeal-and-replace plan that could secure a majority in the Senate, Sasse proposed an immediate repeal with a one-year delay in implementation, and called on the Senate to then give up its August recess to allow it to work on a replacement measure.

    "Ben believes marriage is between one man & one woman…"

    
    ***Dear Progressives, Ben Sasse is not your friend. He is not an oasis of sanity in the GOP desert.***
  5. Actually, my impression of this guy is that, although he’s very conservative, he’s honest and straightforward. He’s kind of like Jeff Flake in that regard.

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