Posted on 01/27/2021 11:08:56 PM PST by JME_FAN
RESOLUTION OF CENSURE AGAINST SENATOR BENJAMIN ERIC SASSE
Whereas, on 26 January 2021, 55 U.S. Senators voted to reject a Point of Order, raised by Senator Rand Paul – that impeachment of a private citizen is unconstitutional; and that among those senators objecting were five Republicans, including: Senator Susan Collins (ME), Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK), Senator Mitt Romney (UT), Senator Ben Sasse (NE), and Senator Pat Toomey (PA);
Whereas, on 8 January 2021, as reported by Grant Schulte, of the Associated Press (‘Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse says Trump incited Capitol Riot’) – in response to President Donald J. Trump’s speech, given 6 January 2021 at the ‘Save America’ rally, at Ellipse Park in Washington, D.C – Senator Sasse publicly declared that the president incited a riot at the U.S. Capitol building, accusing him of “pouring gasoline on these fires of division,” and further asserted that the president deserves some blame;
Whereas, on 8 January 2021, as reported by Lexi Lonas, of The Hill (‘Sasse says Trump was “delighted” and “excited” by reports of Capitol riot’), during an on-air radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, Senator Sasse stated: “As this was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was, as you had rioters pushing against Capitol Police trying to get into the building,” Sasse further asserted of President Trump “He was delighted” [about the riot.] Senator Sasse continued: “I’m sure you’ve also had conversations with other senior White House officials, as I have” – but the senator did not name which officials said Trump was “delighted;”
Whereas, on 8 January 2021, as reported by Lexi Lonas, of The Hill (‘Sasse says Trump was “delighted” and “excited” by reports of Capitol riot’), during the interview with Hugh Hewitt, Senator Sasse attacked the integrity of Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), the first senator to announce he would object to the Electoral College results. Senator Sasse called it “a really dumbass stunt, based on lies that the election was fraudulent;”
Whereas, on 8 January 2021, in an interview with CBS This Morning, Senator Sasse stated: “The American people have been lied to, chiefly by Donald Trump, and lies have consequences, and those consequences are now found in five dead Americans, and a Capital building that's in shambles. Legislators should not be aiding and abetting those kinds of lies. The president has disregarded his oath of office … The House, if they come together and have a process, I will definitely consider whatever articles they might move; because, as I've told you, I believe the president has disregarded his oath of office. He swore an oath to the American people to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. He acted against that. What he did was wicked;”
Whereas, on 15 October 2020, in a Washington Post story – ‘GOP Sen. Sasse says Trump mistreats women, flirts with white supremacy and secretly mocks evangelicals’ – WP reporter Colby Itkowitz wrote the following: Sen. Ben Sasse eviscerated President Trump during a phone call with constituents, in which the Nebraska Republican accused the president of cozying up to dictators, mistreating women, flirting with white supremacists and irresponsibly handling the corona virus pandemic.
Sasse’s comments were disclosed by the Washington Examiner, which obtained an audio recording of the call, a campaign telephone townhall with Nebraska voters. Sasse’s spokesman verified that the reporting was accurate, but declined to answer more specific questions such as when the call happened. … In the call, Sasse unleashed a torrent of criticisms at Trump:
“The way he kisses dictators’ butts. I mean, the way he ignores the Uighurs, our literal concentration camps in Xinjiang. Right now, he hasn’t lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong-Kongers. The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor. The ways I criticize President Obama for that kind of spending; I’ve criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists.”
The senator also criticized the president’s handling of the corona virus pandemic on the call… Sasse said Trump mishandled it from the beginning. “But the reality is that he careened from curb to curb. First, he ignored covid. And then he went into full economic shutdown mode. He was the one who said 10 to 14 days of shutdown would fix this. And that was always wrong. I mean, and so I don’t think the way he’s led through covid has been reasonable or responsible, or right;”
Whereas, Senator Ben Sasse has persistently engaged in public acts of ridicule and calumny against President Donald J. Trump, through both the spoken and written word, questioning the president’s agenda, decisions, motives, and competency;
Whereas Senator Ben Sasse has publically shown contempt for Donald J. Trump, and likewise he has made disparaging remarks towards the Trump family;
Whereas Senator Ben Sasse has repeatedly, through imprudent public remarks, demonstrated a general disrespect for the Office of the President, and likewise for the reputation of his fellow Republican senators, mocking their integrity;
Whereas, Senator Ben Sasse shows indifference to the factual evidence of illicit acts, as were committed during the 3 November 2020 election, including: affidavits from individuals who witnessed intimidation, irregularities and fraud in the submission and counting of ballots; election malfeasance, committed by elected and appointed officials within the executive and judiciary branches of state governments – as occurred in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan – in violation of state election laws and / or constitutions, thus usurping the plenary power granted solely to state legislatures by the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Sec. 4, Clause 1, and Article 2, Clause 2) in determining the manner, time and place of elections, and the manner in choosing electors.
Whereas Senator Ben Sasse disregards or is otherwise inexcusably ignorant of the laws governing free speech – specifically that test established by the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision Brandenburg v. Ohio 395 U.S. 444 (1969), which set forth the elements required to judge whether a person’s words violate the criminal code against inciting violence. In light of Brandenburg, and the Court’s unchallenged and unchanged precedent thereof, President Donald J. Trump’s speech of 6 January 2021 does not meet the prescribed elements that establish, in fact and law, an act of criminal incitement;
Whereas Senator Ben Sasse, in defiance of the Constitution’s plain meaning, as to the penalty incurred by impeachment and conviction – removal from office (Article 2, Sec. 4, and Article 1, Sec. 3, Clause 7), now seeks to impeach the private citizen, Donald J. Trump – and thus we now have cause to wonder whether Senator Sasse would also willingly violate the prohibition against Bills of Attainder (Article 1, Sec. 9, Clause 3;
Therefore, be it resolved, in consideration of the remarks and actions of Senator Sasse, as stipulated above in this complaint, and following from our formal deliberation, we the undersigned, individually and corporately, agree and declare that Senator Benjamin Eric Sasse warrants and shall incur the penalty of CENSURE, and further we declare such penalty is now imposed by this lawfully convened body –The Nebraska Republican State Central Committee. CENSURE is decreed and so moved, this day, 13 February 2021.
Why is it that everyone Nebraska sends to Washington is a flaming asshole? Remember Chuck Hagel?
He was a big pain in the ass. The alternative may have been Bob Kerry. Be careful. Sasse will leave the party at the most opportune-for him-time.
Remember Ben Nelson?
Oh, and the correct phrase is “Sassehole.”
Thanks, bagster. Wow - pigs must be flying somewhere.
hair combed to side for a few days here so as not to look so p—o
We have 6 years to find a better candidate. I voted against Sasse during the primary; but had to hold my nose and vote for him in the general election, as Republican control of the Senate was on the line. But of course, Georgia screwed the pooch.
This is going to be a hard fight to unseat Sasse in 2026 - and, for once, I see Nebraskans (at least in my Congressional District) finally getting off their backsides to help carry the political load. In my 15 years living here, I have discovered just how apathetic people can be about things upon which their liberties depend. I think the blinders, and the gloves, are finally coming off.
> Why is it
my own theory is that the little people there are blissfully in their own world and living in the past
while of course big Ag interests actually run the place?
Difference of night and day between eastern and western Nebraska. The eastern 1/3 of the state tends to be moderate to liberal in their political ideology; whereas the rural western 2/3 are significantly conservative to libertarian - with a few democrat pockets thrown in just to irritate the rest of us who live out here on the prairie.
> 6 years
That won’t work. Six years is way too long. Remember, he and they have six years too.
It has to be an emergency. The thing to do right now is attack, attack, attack the sassehole. Actually try to get him out. Find the dirt. Impeach!
Why was he so interested in befriending neighborhood boys. White Horse Inn interview.
Sasse is an opportunist, a climber. Sasse’s character is very much typical of the narcissistic elitist mentality one discovers in the “churches” of academia. I consider Sasse as nothing more than a patronizing condescending BS artist, who looks down his nose at us “plebes,” while he lectures us on the Constitution, and pretends to be just another western “country boy.”
Senator Sasse has his eyes on the presidency, always has, - and he wants Trump out of the way.
Many thanks!
IDK - political cowardice? Expediency? Bipartisanship? Blackmail? “The Swamp?” The “Deep State?” You might as well ask me why evil exists in the world!
Is this our consultation prize for everything they put us through.
Until and less they are given the boot its mostly non-business as usual.
Otherwise, all RINOS (and now we know who they are..and its more tham 6 or 7 people)
M!tch was also censured.
How’s that effecting his (recently re-elected) numbers?
Probably has most effect against Congresscritters, over Senators....but, I APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT EFFORT!! Thank you!
> You might as well ask me why evil exists in the world!
That’s a good point and one missed by many. Mr. Trump tried to fight that stuff and I think he did realize that it is in fact an epic spiritual battle.
A lot of Christians seem to recognize the evil but don’t seem to support overt secular efforts to fight it. I am wondering if those Christians still think they are personally doing ok and that the (evil) system is still working fine for them.
Is this our constellation prize for everything they put us through.?
Until and less they are given the boot its mostly non-business as usual.
Otherwise, all RINOS (and now we know who they are..and its more tham 6 or 7 people) must go.
> consultation prize
> constellation prize
This is fun, FRiends!
Working on the decode now.
The probability of a “demand for resignation” succeeding is less than zero. That is the political reality.
I’ll be lucky to get the resolution of censure passed in the State Central Committee, due to pushback from those SCC districts in the eastern part of Nebraska - especially from Republicans living in Omaha and Lincoln (CD-1 and CD-2)
One step at a time.
I give up..auto correct wins!
......”Senator Sasse has his eyes on the presidency, always has, - and he wants Trump out of the way”......
Well then that would explain allot. Thank you, good to understand about these politicians.
Raising kids and running a business.
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