Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) Called on the Republican Party to rebuild itself and reject ‘the nonsense that set our party on fire’ in an essay for The Atlantic Saturday on QAnon’s conspiracy theory .
Why it matters: Many of the Trump-supporting crowd involved in the deadly January 6 Capitol Hill riots wore items indicating they supported the right-wing QAnon, and a prominent member of the cult was among those arrested after the siege.
- Several Republicans who presented themselves to Congress last year publicly supported or defended the QAnon movement or some of its principles – something Sasse noted in his headline, entitled “QAnon Destroys the IDP from Within.”
- Sasse blames the violence for “the bloom of a rotten seed that took hold in the Republican Party some time ago and was fueled by betrayal, poor political judgment and cowardice.”
Send the news: Sasse writes in his opinion that “until last week, many party leaders and consultants thought they could proclaim the Constitution while winking at QAnon.”
- “They can not,” he added. “The IDP must reject or be consumed by conspiracy theories. Now is the time to decide what this party is about.”
- Sasse has criticized House House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) for failing to win the support of QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) When she ran for Congress in 2020. .
- “She has already announced plans to try to accuse Joe Biden on his first full day as president,” Sasse wrote. “She will continue to fool herself, her constituents and the Republican Party.”
Note: Sasse said before the House indicted President Trump for a second time, he would definitely consider an indictment against the president over his behavior and comments during a rally before the riots.
- The Nebraska senator criticized Trump’s embrace of QAnon supporters last August, warning that Democrats ‘can take the Senate’ and that ‘garbage like this will be a big part of why they won’.
- Months later, Democrats seized control of the Senate.
The conclusion: Sasse wrote that his party faces a choice when Trump leaves office: “We can dedicate ourselves to defending the Constitution and perpetuating our best American institutions and traditions, or we can be a party to conspiracy theories. . “
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