Sen. Ben Sasse, who hates Trump, unwittingly makes the case for why Trump was elected
But Trump is president precisely because the public no longer has any confidence in Sasse and his fellow Washingtonians to make the government accountable
I have no idea if the irony is lost on him, or if he’s fully aware of it. But as much as Ben Sasse is scandalized by Donald Trump’s behavior and style, he seems strangely aligned with Trump on the ways Washington has gotten off track and how it puts the republic in peril.
In opening statements for the Kavanaugh hearings, Sasse made some excellent points about how and why the country has lost its bearings with respect to the role of the judiciary. That, Sasse believes, explains much of the hysterics we see every time – as in now – we find ourselves engaged in confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court Justice.