Sasse To Hannity: ‘Some Of Us Still Believe In The Constitution’

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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Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) lost at least one supporter because of his tweet calling out the President for “recanting” his oath of office on Twitter Wednesday: Sean Hannity.

Retweeting Sasse’s message to the President — in which Sasse criticized President Donald Trump for attacking the freedom of the press — Fox News host Sean Hannity said supporting Sasse was “one of the biggest mistakes in my career” and called him “useless.”

Sasse shot back, saying Hannity “changed, not me” and that “some of us still believe in the Constitution.”

Hannity, a vocal supporter of Trump, responded with a series of tweets, saying he’d “never support censoring anybody!!” and calling Sasse a “#Loser” for not repealing Obamacare.

Sasse’s initial statement comes after Trump suggested that “Fake News” outlets should have their broadcasting licenses “challenged” or even “revoked.”

Trump’s irritation has been aimed at NBC News this week, after it published exclusive stories about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wanting to resign this summer and calling Trump a “moron.”

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  1. “We still believe in it, but we don’t necessarily do anything about it.”
    “Believing is enough”

  2. Avatar for mames5 mames5 says:

    Oh look, Sean learned the name of a court case. He must be really smart.

  3. Not smart enough, since he is a purveyor of invented pulled out of his ass facts as news and should be circumspect about accusing credible news outlets while living in the Glass House of FOX News.

  4. Twitter - the playground on which adult kids can hurl insults, tell lies and act tough with a big audience to observe the stupidity.

  5. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    Virtual food fight in the old GOP grocery store. Someone needs to page for cleanup in aisle 7 - stubby oldish guy is flinging tomatoes and eggs at another guy and making a pure mess all over the twitter-sphere. No not the usual stubby guy creating havoc on twitter - that dude is ancient … and the dotard in chief - this is his wannabe twitter doppelganger.

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