GOP Sen. Calls Out His Home State For ‘Florida Man’ Style Wild Crime Story

UNITED STATES - APRIL 10: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., listens as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on "Fa... UNITED STATES - APRIL 10: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., listens as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on "Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data"on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) called out his home state’s capital for a wild news story about a sword-wielding naked man, comparing the stunning tale to something a reader would find on the “Florida Man” Twitter account.

In the story Sasse shared, a naked man carrying a sword allegedly approached the car of another man and tapped on the car window with the sword. The man inside the vehicle grabbed his rifle and chased the naked man in to the woods, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. 

The “Florida Man” Twitter account evolved from a meme and generally refers to the peculiar delinquencies that seem to be regularly committed by Floridians.

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  1. Wow. Slow news day!

  2. If it was Florida… the man with the sword would have been shot by the rifle, not chased with it.

  3. Well, that should stop any speculation Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) wants to be president.

    A Republican can’t be president without winning FL

  4. …and it would have happened on a beer run.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    First time in Lincoln…see a man with a rifle chasing a naked man with a sword into the forest…so sad this beautiful place has become a cesspool…thanks for nothing conservatives.

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