Sasse Slams White House's Handling of 'Putin's Phony, Sham Re-Election'

[EasyAce]

Nebraska senator says a 'tyrant was strengthened' when the administration ducked question about election integrity.
By Jenna Lifhits
http://www.weeklystandard.com/sasse-slams-white-houses-handling-of-putins-phony-sham-re-election/article/2012024

Nebraska Republican Ben Sasse on Wednesday slammed the White House’s refusal to condemn the fraudulence of Russia’s election, describing the dodge as a break “with basic American moral tradition.”

The criticism comes after President Donald Trump phoned Russian leader Vladimir Putin Tuesday and congratulated him on his re-election, which has been widely described as rigged. Deepening the controversy, the White House avoided a question later that day about whether it viewed Russia’s election as “free and fair" . . .

. . . “Yesterday, when the White House refused to speak directly and clearly about this matter, we were weakened as a nation and a tyrant was strengthened,” he said. “The dodge on Putin broke with the basic American moral tradition. It broke faith with our core values. It broke trust with freedom seekers across the globe" . . .

. . . Sasse on Wednesday simultaneously condemned the leak of information about briefing materials prepared for Trump ahead of his call, which a Washington Post report said contained a pointed warning from the president’s national security advisers: “DO NOT CONGRATULATE" . . .

. . . [A]ddressing his fellow senators, Sasse said that it is possible to condemn both the call and the leaks.

“We ought not in this body find it difficult to say basic true things like, ‘we condemn leaks by the president's staff against him.’ ‘We also condemn Vladimir Putin's sham election,’” he said. “‘We condemn a Russian despot that aims to make Soviet tyranny great again.’”

[Frank Cannon]

Here we go. Do nothing Sasse running his mouth yet has nothing to show for his squandered life.

Maybe one of these days he will figure out that maybe he could become relevant if he actually did something more than hide out at a college and then sit on his lazy ass in the Senate collecting a paycheck.