Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse warned against false idols, political tribalism and an addiction to “24/7 news cycles” during a speech in Iowa Saturday night.
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Sasse was the featured speaker at a fundraiser in Des Moines for The Family Leader, a Christian conservative organization. Sasse told the crowd of 550 that elections can make the country “worse” or “incrementally better,” but Sasse suggested it was “almost a little bit un-American” to organize your life around two- and four-year election cycles.
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Sasse was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014. He has raised the hackles of the Iowa G-O-P’s chairman — and a formal reprimand from Nebraska Republicans — for his critiques of President Trump. Sasse on Saturday described himself as a “temporary public official affiliated with the Republican Party” who is a Christian first.
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