1st term Nebraska GOP Senator @BenSasse debated #NESen Democratic challenger @CJSenate2020 in Lincoln, NE hosted by @NETNebraska on @cspan. c-span.org/video/?475385-…
Sasse: "I've been a Republican and I've been a conservative for my entire life. I was fighting for conservative issues when Donald Trump was still bankrolling Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer's campaigns long before he thought about joining the Republican Party to run."
Sasse: "When President Trump decided to adopt conservative or Republican positions on a whole bunch of issues, I was excited to welcome to him to the Republican Party and to the conservative movement."
Sasse on President Trump: "But on issues where he doesn't align with things that I believe or things that Republicans have traditionally believed or things that are good for Nebraska, I explain those differences as well."
Sasse: "You want to shine President Trump's shoes all day every day or you have to hate him and scream about him how he's the devil. I don't believe either one of those things are true. I think there are issues where we agree and when we do, I'm glad to fight for him."
Sasse on disagreeing with President Trump on issues including trade:"I explain to him usually in private,he have a lot of healthy wrestling in private,I explain why I differ.And then on a subset of the issues that we fight about in private,I go public and explain what I believe."
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