Ben Sasse rips Trump after he said, ‘take the guns first, go through due process second’

Published February 28, 2018 11:48pm ET



Sen. Ben Sasse questioned President Trump’s ability to be a “strong” leader after the commander in chief suggested Wednesday that he’s open to confiscating guns from dangerous people and worrying about due process “second.”

“Strong leaders don’t automatically agree with the last thing that was said to them,” the Republican senator from Nebraska said in a brief statement. “We have the Second Amendment and due process of law for a reason. We’re not ditching any Constitutional protections simply because the last person the President talked to today doesn’t like them.”

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