Sen. Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ requires conviction Trump conviction merely votes to GOP division MORE (R-Neb.) Explained on Saturday why he voted to convict former President Trump
Donald TrumpBiden on Trump acquittal: ‘The case is not in dispute’ North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ requires more conviction on the charge that he incited violence during the U.S. Capitol violation and said Trump violated an oath of office of a president.
Sasse was one of seven GOP senators who joined the Democrats and voted to find Trump ‘guilty’ of ‘intentional violence against the United States government’.
he has previously voted that the trial was constitutional on two separate occasions.
In an email statement Saturday, the Nebraska Republican said Trump had repeatedly lied that widespread fraud had cost him the 2020 presidential election, adding that attempts to reverse the election results based on those demands had consequences.
“These lies had consequences, which endangered the life of the vice president and brought us dangerously close to a bloody constitutional crisis,” he continued. “Each of these actions is a violation of the oath of office of a president.”
Sasse also claimed that the Democrats ignored the violence last summer in Portland, Ore., But that it should not give Republicans the license to ignore what happened on January 6th.
He declared that Congress “must respect enough to tell the executive that some limits cannot be exceeded.”
‘On election night 2014, I promised Nebraskans that I would always vote my conscience, even if it was against the partisan current. In my first speech here in the Senate in November 2015, I promised to speak when a president – even from my own party – exceeds his or her powers, ‘Sasse said.
“I cannot return to my word, and Congress cannot lower our standards on such a serious matter simply because it is politically convenient. I have to vote to be found guilty, “he said.
The Senate voted 57-43 on Saturday afternoon to acquit Trump of inciting the January 6 attacks.
Other GOP Senators who voted to convict Trump was Sens. Richard Burr
Richard Mauze Burr North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ requires conviction Trump conviction vote exposes GOP division MORE (RN.C.), Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ found guilty Collins: Trump ‘incited an uprising’ to prevent more transfer of power (R-La.), Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ requires conviction Collins: Trump ‘incited an uprising’ to prevent more transfer of power (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Ann Murkowski Toomey votes on Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ demands conviction Trump conviction vote exposed GOP divides Romney on charge vote to convict: ‘Trump incited the uprising’ MORE (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney North Carolina GOP condemns Burr for accusation against Trump Toomey over Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ convicted Collins: Trump ‘incited an uprising’ to prevent more transfer of power (R-Utah), and Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey Toomey on Trump vote: ‘His betrayal of the Constitution’ requires conviction Romney on accusation vote to condemn: ‘Trump incited the uprising’ GOP Sen. Cassidy: ‘I voted to convict Trump because he is guilty’ MORE (R-Pa.).