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On the recordOctober 15, 2020
He kisses dictators butts. The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership. The way he treats women and spends like a drunken sailor. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He's flirted with white supremacists. I'm now looking at the possibility of a Republican blood bath in the Senate, and that's why I've never been on the Trump train.
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Ben Sasse
Republican · Nebraska
Source
msnbc.com

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Sasse criticizes Trump's leadership and expresses concern about the future of the Republican Party.

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