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Sasse: Trump Has “Captured” Majority of GOP

By Thomas McKinless
Posted October 31, 2018 at 8:42pm

By Thomas McKinless

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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse said Wednesday he thought it was unlikely President Donald Trump would face a strong primary challenger in 2020. Trump “has captured the majority of the Republican Party over the course of the last two-and-a-half years,” he said.

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