Tag Archives: Ben Sasse

Sasse Resigns From Senate, Gov To Appoint Successor

CNN reports: Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the attack on the US Capitol, officially resigned from the Senate Sunday, opening up his seat for appointment by Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. Sasse announced last year that he would step down from his position to become the University of Florida’s next president. …

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NE Gov Likely To Seek Appointment To Sasse’s Seat

Politico reports: Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts isn’t going to appoint himself to the Senate when Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) leaves for his new gig in Florida. But when his term as governor is up in January, he’s not opposed to being appointed by the next guy. Unlike a handful of other governors who have passed on opportunities to make the …

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Trustees Confirm GOP Sen. Ben Sasse As UF President

The Gainesville Sun reports: It’s official: U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse was approved Tuesday as the next University of Florida president, after receiving praise from trustees but criticism from students. The 13-member UF board of trustees unanimously approved hiring Sasse, R-Neb., for the job after interviewing him about his academic views and past political positions. Some of the dozen people who …

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UF Faculty Senate: No Confidence In Sasse As President

The Gainesville Sun reports: The University of Florida’s Faculty Senate approved a no-confidence vote Thursday on the selection process that led to U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being named as the sole finalist to be the next UF president. The Senate held an emergency meeting on the resolution, which focused on a search committee’s decision to name him as the only …

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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Flees UF Students Protesting His Anti-LGBT Past, Sasse Is Sole Finalist To Lead University

The Gainesville Sun reports: In his first visit to campus as the sole finalist to be University of Florida president, U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse faced questions Monday on his conservative political positions — along with a protest that disrupted a question-and-answer session and ended with him speeding off in a police vehicle. UF announced last week that a presidential search …

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Report: Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse To Resign

Politico reports: Ben Sasse is likely to accept a job at the University of Florida and resign his Senate seat in the near future, according to two people familiar with the Nebraska Republican’s plans. The Nebraska governor would then appoint a replacement for Sasse under state law. The second-term Sasse made a name for himself as a consistent Trump critic …

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Nebraska GOP “Rebukes” Sasse For Impeachment Vote, Sasse Ridicules Their “Weird Worship Of One Dude”

CNN reports: The Nebraska Republican Party rebuked Sen. Ben Sasse on Saturday for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump, the latest Republican in Congress to face backlash from a state party. The Nebraska GOP’s state central committee formally expressed its disappointment but stopped short of a formal censure, though the resolution said Sasse “stands rebuked” by the Nebraska …

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Ben Sasse: QAnon Will Destroy The GOP From Within

GOP Sen. Ben Sasse writes for The Atlantic: If and when the House sends its article of impeachment against Trump to the Senate, I will be a juror in his trial, and thus what I can say in advance is limited. But no matter what happens in that trial, the Republican Party faces a separate reckoning. Until last week, many …

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Sasse: I Haven’t Heard One Republican Privately Say The Election Was Fraudulent, They All Just Fear Cultists

Yahoo News reports: Republican House members and at least one senator are lining up to oppose President-elect Joe Biden’s 2020 win. But Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) says that’s not what’s happening behind the scenes. And after analyzing several court battles and fraud allegations, he came to the same conclusion as former Attorney General William Barr: There was no large-scale fraud …

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Sasse On Trump’s Pardons: “Rotten To The Core”

The Hill reports: Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Wednesday blasted President Trump’s latest pardons of political allies such as and political adviser Roger Stone as “rotten to the core.” Sasse issued his statement Wednesday evening, specifically mentioning Manafort and Stone. “This is rotten to the core,” he said in a terse one-liner. The statement by Sasse said that “felons like …

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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse: Americans Should Take Heart, Even Trump’s Three SCOTUS Picks Ruled Against Him

“Since Election Night, a lot of people have been confusing voters by spinning Kenyan Birther-type, ‘Chavez rigged the election from the grave’ conspiracy theories, but every American who cares about the rule of law should take heart that the Supreme Court — including all three of President Trump’s picks — closed the book on the nonsense.” – GOP Sen. Ben …

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GOP Senator Slams Texas AG’s Lawsuit As “PR Stunt”

The Washington Examiner reports: Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse on Thursday slammed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s election challenge pending at the Supreme Court, predicting that the court would dismiss it. “I suspect the Supreme Court swats this away,” Sasse told the Washington Examiner. Sasse added that, to him, it looked like Paxton filed a “PR stunt rather than a lawsuit,” …

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Romney And Sasse Condemn Trump’s Election Lies

From Sen. Mitt Romney: “Having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the President has now resorted to overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election. It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American …

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Trump Rages At “Least Effective RINO Little Ben Sasse”

A reminder of why Glorious Leader is so pissed: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., ripped President Trump in a phone call with constituents, saying the commander-in-chief “kisses dictators’ butts,” “sells out our allies,” mistreats women and “spends like a drunken sailor.” Sasse said he fears a “blue tsunami” is coming in November and if Trump loses, which “looks likely,” he’s the …

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GOP Sen. Sasse In Audio: Trump Sold Out Allies, Flirted With White Supremacists, And Cozied Up To Dictators

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Ben Sasse eviscerated President Trump during a phone call with constituents in which the Nebraska Republican accused the president of cozying up to dictators, mistreating women, flirting with white supremacists and irresponsibly handling the coronavirus pandemic. Sasse’s comments were disclosed by the Washington Examiner, which obtained an audio recording of the call. Sasse’s spokesman verified …

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Ben Sasse: Have State Legislatures Appoint Senators

The National Review reports: Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Make the Senate Great Again,” Sasse called for an end to the amendment, among other changes to the Senate “aimed at promoting debate, …

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Trump Rages About “RINO” Republican Sen. Ben Sasse

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday accused Sen. Ben Sasse of being a “RINO” who had “gone rogue” by scolding the White House for a recent collection of executive actions meant to provide assistance to Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s admonishment of Sasse comes after the Nebraska Republican issued a scathing statement in response to the president’s announcement …

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Sasse: Trump “Treats Word Of God As A Political Prop”

The Associated Press reports: “There is no right to riot, no right to destroy others’ property, and no right to throw rocks at police. But there is a fundamental — a Constitutional — right to protest, and I’m against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political prop,″ said Republican …

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Sasse Slams Trump’s Call For Chinese Probe Into Biden

The Omaha World-Herald reports: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., took issue Thursday with President Donald Trump urging China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son’s business dealings there. “Hold up: Americans don’t look to Chinese commies for the truth,” Sasse said in a written statement to The World-Herald. “If the Biden kid broke laws by selling his name …

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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Blames DOJ For Suicide Of Jeffrey Epstein: Your Department “Failed And Heads Must Roll”

“The Department of Justice failed, and today Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators think they might have just gotten one last sweetheart deal. “Every single person in the Justice Department — from your Main Justice headquarters staff all the way to the night-shift jailer — knew that this man was a suicide risk, and that his dark secrets couldn’t be allowed to die …

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