Sen. Ben Sasse (R, Neb) has called out Donald Trump for all of his bragging about his sexual exploits, including adultery with married women. He asked him, in a stream of questions on Twitter:
You brag abt many affairs w/ married women. Have you repented? To harmed children & spouses? Do you think it matters?
Sen. Sasse–a fellow Lutheran whom I know personally–is raising an issue that Christian supporters of Trump like Rev. Jerry Falwell, Jr., have been steering clear of. Why is that, do you think? Doesn’t that sort of thing matter to Christians anymore?
Having set aside the requirements of being a Christian and being a conservative, many of our Christian activists are now also setting aside the requirement of good character. So what is left for a distinctly Christian political activism to support? Has being against immigration become the new single-issue voting criterion, replacing opposition to abortion?
From Nebraska Senator Raises Issue of Donald Trump’s Sexual Affairs – First Draft. Political News, Now. – The New York Times:
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska reeled off a stream of Twitter messages going after Donald J. Trump on Monday night, questioning the candidate’s flip-flopping on gun rights and health care policy, his expansive view of presidential power – and his well-publicized history of bedroom exploits.
Mr. Sasse, a first-term lawmaker with close ties to the elite conservative intelligentsia, delivered a 19-tweet critique of Mr. Trump, framed as a series of questions to the Republican about his inconstant views on issues of substance.
His fourth question, however, raised Mr. Trump’s “many affairs w/ married women.”
“Have you repented?” Mr. Sasse asked. “To harmed children & spouses? Do you think it matters?”
Mr. Trump has described himself often in the past as a man of Don Juan-like romantic charisma, and has detailed his sexual adventures in some detail in media interviews. He has not emphasized that part of his life experience in running for president, stressing instead his love for his wife and children, and his reverence for the Bible.
By questioning Mr. Trump’s view of marriage and the family, Mr. Sasse, whose state neighbors Iowa, is injecting an issue into the race that has gone almost unmentioned by activists and party leaders.
Iowa’s Republican voters have typically gravitated toward candidates who emphasize their religious identities and support for traditional family values.
So far, leading Christian activists, including leaders in Iowa, have largely avoided raising Mr. Trump’s personal life in the campaign.
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I like this from the New York Times: “close ties to the elite conservative intelligentsia”! What I want to know is, how soon can Ben Sasse run for president?
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