BY Associated Press / Scott Miller | February 5, 2021
Courtesy photo Sen. Ben Sasse.
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is pushing back against some fellow Republicans who want the state party to formally censure him for his outspoken criticism of President Donald Trump after the U.S. Capitol riot.
Sasse on Thursday posted a YouTube video response to county GOP organizations who are pushing to censure him a second time after he said Trump deserved some blame for inciting the incident.
The Scotts Bluff County GOP is among those who have criticized Sasse, saying in a recent open letter signed by county party Chair Kolene Woodward that his support for “such a mock judicial proceeding reminiscent of Joseph Stalin is reprehensible,” and his actions are “a selfish, political ploy.”
Nebraska County GOP Censures Ben Sasse as Chair Laments Senator Can t Be Recalled
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The Scotts Bluff County Republican Party in Nebraska chose to censure GOP Senator Ben Sasse for his comments regarding former President Donald Trump s impeachment, while the county chair lamented that state law does not allow Sasse to be recalled.
Sasse is one of just five Republican senators that publicly voted alongside Democrats to affirm that the pending Senate trial for Trump is constitutional, even though the former president is no longer in office. The Nebraska lawmaker has strongly criticized Trump in the wake of the violent January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by the former president s supporters. Sasse had also called out Trump s baseless claims about widespread voter fraud.
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