The central committee of the Nebraska GOP formally expressed its disappointment, but did not stop the formal abuse, although the resolution said Sasse was ‘punished’ by the GOP of Nebraska.
A GOP official from Nebraska confirmed the action to CNN on Saturday. The meeting was delayed earlier this month due to a winter storm.
“Senator Sasse’s condemnation of President Trump and his support for President Trump’s accusations have been repeatedly used by Democrats liberally as justification for a truncated indictment that denies the president the proper process,” the resolution reads.
“The Nebraska Republican Central Committee expresses its deep disappointment and sadness at the service of Senator Ben Sasse and calls for an immediate adjustment by which he represents the residents of Nebraska in Washington and not Washington among the residents of Nebraska,” the resolution said. added. .
Sasse, who did not appear at the meeting, rejected the Nebraska Republican Party’s threat to punish him. He was reprimanded by the party in 2016, but won last fall by about 5 points more than Trump in the state. President Joe Biden won the state’s 2nd Congressional District and a single election college vote from the Omaha area.
James Wegmann, a Sasse spokesman, also rejected the move by the state party.
“Ben’s got a lot more votes and also earned more censorship than anyone in Nebraska history, so maybe the two actually go hand in hand,” Wegmann said in a statement. “He does not stick his finger in the wind.”
The reprimands emphasize the reality that Trump remains overwhelming at the state and local level and at the base of the party, and that there is little desire to push him aside or move on to a new generation of leaders now that he is not his amp did not.