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Candidate targets Sasse on Sidney response, other issues
McCOOK, Neb. -- Nebraska’s representatives in Washington too often forget about Western Nebraska, Matt Innis, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate said Thursday.
On his third campaign swing through the region, Sen. Ben Sasse’s primary opponent said the senator was silent when it came to the decision by parent company Bass Pro Shops to decimate the Sidney, Neb., economy by cutting most of the jobs there.
Sasse has been criticized for accepting donations from a hedge fund involved in the Cabella’s, Bass Pro merger.
Instead of bashing him, Innis said, Sasse could have called on President Trump to intervene on the Panhandle town’s behalf.
“Nobody tried anything,” was the compaint Innis heard on his visits to the struggling community.
A day after the House voted to impeach Trump, Innis recounted the presiden’t accomplishments, including low unemployment, a booming stock market and his pressure on China for a better trade deal.
“China’s economy is at a 50-year low,” he said. “They need a deal.”
He also decried Sasse’s stance on country of origin labeling on meat and its impact on Nebraska’s small producers.
Married to his wife, Lisa, for 26 years, Innis said they gave up health insurance years ago in order to afford non-public school for their four children.
Innis, 49, worked in the construction business before serving in the Marine Corps eight years, and now owns and operates a network cabling business.
He serve as Lancaster County Republican Party chairman 2011-15, and continues to actively support conservative candidates.
More information is available at mattinnis4senate.com