Sasse Discusses Political Divisiveness At UNL Student Panel

LINCOLN--Society is going through a massive digital revolution, which has brought its upsides and downsides, but is starting to divide it as well, Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse told the crowd during a panel discussion Feb. 11.

“I think what’s happening now is we’re hollowing out traditional tribes, tribes in place, and we’re trying to replace them with tribes of ideology that are probably not going to satisfy people,” he said. “Republicans and Democrats, they’re crappy tribes.”

Sasse and three students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln took part in a student-led conversation, “Why Don’t We Get...