Sasse’s message to Nebraska GOP while disapproved: ‘politics isn’t about one guy’s weird worship’

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In a video in which members of the Nebraska GOP State Central Committee address, Sasse urged the party to accept critics of the former president and remain true to conservatism as the future of the party.

Let’s be clear: the anger in this state party was never about violating the principle or letting go of conservative policies – I’m one of the most conservative voters in the Senate – the anger has always been simply about me being one man, ”Sasseh said.

“January 6 will leave a scar,” Sasse said, referring to the date of the violent uprising in the Capitol, where rioters, encouraged by Trump, attempted to reverse the election results. “For 220 years, one of the greatest things about America has been our peaceful transfer of power. But what Americans saw three weeks ago was ugly, shameful violence from the crowd to disrupt a constitutionally mandated meeting of Congress to prevent that peaceful transfer of power. confirm. “

CNN has contacted the Nebraska GOP for comment.

The resolution, posted by News Channel Nebraska Central, states that Sasse is “in court and imposes the penalty of CENSURE,” which the party will impose on Feb. 13. The state party condemned Sasse in 2016 for not supporting Trump enough, the senator said. office.

Taylor Sliva, Sasse’s campaign spokesman, said Thursday night that the committee had not shared the resolution with them, but had seen it in News Channel Nebraska Central.

“You’re welcome to condemn me again, but let’s be clear why this is happening: it’s because I still believe – as you used to – that politics isn’t about one guy’s weird worship,” said Sasse in the video. “The party could purge Trump skeptics, but I would like to convince you that this ‘civilian cancer’ is not only for the nation, but also terrible for our party.”

Sasse has been an outspoken critic of the former president’s claims that cast doubt on the veracity of the election results. In December, Sasse wrote on Facebook that he had urged his Republican colleagues to object to the Electoral College certification process and the victory of then-President-elect Joe Biden, adding that talk of objecting to the process is a “ dangerous ” trick . “

“The president and his allies are playing with fire. They have asked – first the courts, then the state legislature, now the congress – to reverse the results of the presidential election,” Sasse said at the time. They have unsuccessfully appealed to judges and are now appealing to federal office holders to invalidate millions upon millions of votes. Neither does Congress who will object to the vote in the electoral college. “

Sasse’s intra-state clash comes as the national Republican Party faces its own internal conflicts. Last Wednesday, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a lifelong ideological conservative, fought a challenge to her leadership post from members of her own party after she voted to impeach Trump.
At the same time, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a conspiracy theorist who thinks the GOP’s problem is that it lost the presidential election too gracefully, a pass from Republican colleagues, despite having previously promoted a lot of violent beliefs and conspiracy theories. The full Democrat-run House voted to relieve Greene of her committee duties on Thursday.

CNN’s Michael Warren, Stephen Collinson, Morgan Rimmer and Rachel Janfaza contributed to this report.

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