Ben Sasse!

There’s this guy I know in Wisconsin. He’s a pretty good person, we’ve broke bread together, I worked for him for a while. He owns a baseball team in La Crosse, is my best friend’s uncle and all totaled I’ve known him for about 20 years.

He’s a Republican and he’s running for a Senate seat this November.

I’m not on Facebook, per se. But I do have an account because I tried to sell my truck on Marketplace. Out of curiosity, I logged on one day a few weeks ago and checked his Facebook page and there he was, standing by the Trump Bus. Then in another picture he was planting his yard signs into earth right next to the signs that read Trump/Pence with a big smile on his face.

Ever since Trump took office, I’ve been waiting for Republicans (many, a handful, a dozen, whatever) to say, “This is ridiculous, what have we done! What a mistake. This guy is a train wreck and a terrible person almost every. single. day. Sorry, America!” But they don’t. Why? Because Trump is vindictive. When crossed, by anyone, he retaliates with the scorn of a crazy ex-lover. It’s one of the things he’s good at.

Last night, Donald tap danced around questions and said the kind of things that would get a server fired at the Olive Garden, but for the most part, Republicans don’t care what Trump says or does. Which is really pretty unbelievable. But they don’t. I wrote an email to the guy running for the Senate seat in Wisconsin and asked him how he can side with Trump. After all we’ve witnessed in the last four years (and throughout Trump’s life)…