{"id":180113,"date":"2021-02-27T22:37:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180113"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:31:19","slug":"report-nebraska-gop-formally-criticizes-ben-sasse-avoids-censure-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nebraska-gop-formally-criticizes-ben-sasse-avoids-censure-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Nebraska GOP Formally Criticizes Ben Sasse, Avoids Censure Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-nebraska-gop-formally-criticizes-ben-sasse-avoids-censure-resolution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Ben-Sasse-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Nebraska Republican Party accused Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) Saturday of not representing his constituents in a formal rebuke that didn\u2019t go as far as a full-on censure resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omaha.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/nebraska-gop-rebukes-sen-ben-sasse-stops-short-of-censure\/article_74bd1db0-75ed-11eb-beee-0fd210fd52f8.html\">Omaha World-Herald<\/a><\/span><span>, the GOP state committee formally accused Sasse of failing to represent his constituents, including not taking \u201cany meaningful steps\u201d on immigration reform, not fighting \u201cback against the widespread censorship of conservative voices on public platforms,\u201d and for relying on the legislation of others to advance his conservative credentials instead of forwarding his own legislative agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The committee also accused Sasse of requesting and receiving the endorsement of President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 general election, and then turning around to \u201ccriticize us for supporting\u201d Trump once Sasse had won his second senatorial term in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sasse has denied soliciting an endorsement from Trump ahead of the election. The Omaha World-Herald reports, citing Trump campaign staffers on the condition of anonymity, that Sasse\u2019s team solicited a Trump endorsement prior to the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The GOP state committee did not issue a formal censure, and a spokesperson for Sasse dismissed the effort by party officials, some of whom the senator has criticized indirectly in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen\u2019s won far more votes and also earned more censures than anybody in Nebraska history, so maybe the two actually go hand in hand,\u201d Sasse spokesperson James Wegmen told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/27\/politics\/ben-sasse-nebrasksa-gop-rebuke-impeachment-vote\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t stick his finger in the wind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>According to a copy of the resolution obtained by the Omaha World-Herald, the conclusion of the resolution<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asanderford\/status\/1365754352347004928\"><span>reads<\/span><\/a><span>: \u201cNow, therefore, be it resolved that the Nebraska Republican Party Central Committee expresses its deep disappointment and sadness with respect to the service of Senator Ben Sasse and calls for an immediate readjustment whereby he represents the people of Nebraska to Washington and not Washington to the people of Nebraska and stands rebuked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sasse was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, which ended in an acquittal in mid-February. Prior to the trial\u2019s end, but after Sasse caught wind that the state GOP might consider a censure resolution against him, the Nebraska senator confronted unspecified members of the committee in a video statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sasse-addresses-state-gop-officials-ahead-of-potential-censure-trump-lied-to-you\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve heard from many of you in the days since the attack on the Capitol threatening another censure for what I said about the president\u2019s lies after the election. As a friend, and fellow Republican, I\u2019m going to shoot straight: I\u2019m not going to spend any time trying to talk you out of another censure. I listen to Nebraskans every day, and very few of them are as angry at life as some of the people on this committee. Not all of you, but a lot. Political addicts don\u2019t represent most Nebraska conservatives,\u201d said Sasse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Sasse told the committee that \u201cmany\u201d of them were upset because he condemned Trump\u2019s \u201clies that led to a riot,\u201d which he later emphasized \u201chappened because the president lied to you.\u201d When in office, said Sasse, Trump \u201clied about the election results for sixty days, despite losing sixty straight court challenges, many of them handed down by wonderful Trump-appointed judges. He lied by saying that the vice president could just violate his constitutional oath and declare a new winner \u2014 that wasn\u2019t true. He then riled a mob that attacked the Capitol, many chanting, \u2018hang Pence.\u2019 If that president were a Democrat, we\u2019d both know how you\u2019d respond. But, because he had Republican behind his name, you\u2019re defending him.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>\u00a0\u201cSomething has definitely changed over the last four years, but it\u2019s not me. Personality cults aren\u2019t conservative. Conspiracy theories aren\u2019t conservative. Lying that an election has been stolen, is not conservative. Acting that politics is a religion \u2014 it isn\u2019t conservative,\u201d\u00a0 he said.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nebraska Republican Party accused Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) Saturday of not representing his constituents in a formal rebuke that didn\u2019t go as far as a full-on censure resolution. 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