Sen. Ben Sasse warns "QAnon is destroying" the Republican Party "from within"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) called on his Republican Party to rebuild itself and "repudiate the nonsense that has set our party on fire" in an in an op-ed for The Atlantic Saturday on the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Why it matters: Many of the mob involved in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots wore items signaling their support for the far-right QAnon and a prominent member of the cult was among those arrested following the siege.

Several Republicans who ran for Congress last year publicly supported or defended the QAnon movement or some of its tenets — something Sasee noted in his op-ed, headlined "QAnon is Destroying the GOP From Within."

Sasse blames the violence on "the blossoming of a rotten seed that took root in the Republican Party some time ago and has been nourished by treachery, poor political judgment, and cowardice."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-ben-sasse-warns-053109890.html

Going to take you a while to clean that shit out.

[IsItJustMe]

1. Yeah. Destroying the Republican party and taking America down with it.

[Irish_Dem]

3. They set America on fire too. But the party is more important to Sasse.

[Dave in VA]

2. Ya'll been filling that cesspool

for decades now. Should'a had that thing pumped out years ago.

Ya'll really starting opening up your bowels with St. Ronnie and enjoyed every dump you allowed to be voided. But I think the ol' sayin' that, "down the hole we all go" applies to your dear party as well.

Suck on it, Ben!

[Deuxcents]

4. They allowed the Tea Party

To go unchecked. Now, they’re surprised?

[Coventina]

5. Uh, horse, barn door....never mind, let him find out for himself.

[gulliver]

6. Guy's a mensch and clearly very smart.

He has criticism for both sides in the Atlantic article referenced by this post, and it's useful criticism. Refreshing from a Republican. All of us on the side of reason and wisdom (two areas where Dems currently hold a commanding lead) can benefit. I feel the same about George Will's trenchant article in WaPo today, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-and-many-of-his-woke-critics-are-more-alike-than-they-realize/2021/01/14/dd798ff2-568d-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html. It stings a bit, but it's good input, imo.

[DonCoquixote]

7. wouldnt it be funny

if q was a KGB plot.

[Chainfire]

8. Patricide

[bedazzled]

9. sasse says dems ACCUSED them of consorting with nazis and the klan

well don't they? way to deflect blame