GOP Sen. Sasse Doesn't 'Understand' Trump on Putin or 'So-Called Judges'

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse said he doesn't "understand" President Trump's statements on Russian leader Vladimir Putin or the president's slamming a federal judge as a "so-called judge."

ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos asked the Nebraska senator about the president's tweet Saturday attacking a federal judge who temporarily blocked Trump's immigration order as a "so-called judge."

"I'll be honest, I don't understand language like that," Sasse said in the "This Week" interview that aired Sunday. "We don't have so-called judges, we don't have so-called senators, we don't have so-called presidents. We have people from three different branches of government who take an oath to uphold and defend the constitution. And it's important that we do better civics education for our kids."





Stephanopoulos also asked Sasse about Trump's comparing the U.S. to Russia under Putin. The president told a Fox News interviewer that he respects Putin. When interviewer Bill O'Reilly said, "Putin...