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.
Thank God I found this I’ve been leaving messages on his website asking him to change his political party to democrat. Anyway glad you have done due diligence to rid the country of these pests.
The fight has to start in the trenches people!
One of AZ’s state legislative senators (BOYER) (20th Legislative district) backstabbed EVERYONE yesterday, in the GOP and the entire state... when you consider the election fraud that took place, and the scumbag has to pay a price.
So does Sasse, Cheney, and the other traitor scum in the GOP.
Sitting behind your keyboards and pontificating isn’t going to get it done.
Besides being a fellow keyboard commando, FWIW, I put in some skin recently by going to DC on my own dime, and I am going to go to the scumbag backstabbing AZ GOP legislative senators office first thing tomorrow to give him and or his staff an ear full.
Thank you bagster for throwing a heater high and inside on the plate!
WAKE UP freepers! You don’t want war but war wants you!
Follow-up on the February 6th meeting in Culbertson, regarding Censure Resolution against Senator Ben Sasse ...
We had a packed house - “standing room only” crowd in the ambulance barn’s community room. 70 people showed up, including myself.
They came from Arapahoe, Cambridge, Champion, Culbertson, Grant, Hendly, Hayes Center, Imperial, Indianola, Trenton, Wauneta, and from various non-town county road addresses.
All 70 were angry with the actions and comments of Senator Sasse.
All 70 signed the petition to approve the Resolution of Censure - and we are still getting signatures from many others (94 signers, so far).
Many asked how to force Sasse to resign, or whether it is possible to recall him - and there were some who wanted Sasse expelled from the Republican Party!
Meeting began promptly at 2 PM, CT, with a call to order, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Meeting ended at approximately 3:30 PM CT.
Topics covered in presentation, 6 sections:
PART I.
1.) President Ronald Reagan’s quote: “Freedom is a fragile thing, and is never more than one generation away from extinction ...”
2.) The Resolution of Censure against Senator Benjamin E. Sasse.
3.) Senator Sasse’s response to the Resolution of Censure (This greatly agitated the attendees).
4.) My letter of reply to Senator Sasse (I received a standing ovation).
PART II.
1.) What is censure?
2.) What is Impeachment? U.S. Constitution: Art. 1, Sec. 3, Clause 6 and 7; Art. 2, Sec. 4, Clause 1.
3.) What is a Bill of Attainder?
4.) Bill of Attainder - Prohibition of - U.S. Constitution: Art. 1,ec. 9, Clause 3.
5.) Elections - U.S. Constitution: Art. 1, Sec. 4, Clause 1.
6.) Electors - U.S. Constitution: Art. 2, Sec. 1, Clause 2; Electoral Count Act of 1887.
PART III.
1.) The evidence for disputing the 2020 election: violations of state election laws and state constitution amendment requirements in PA, MI, WI and GA.; violation of Equal Protection clause of U.S. Constitution.
2.) Singed affidavits of eye witnesses: acts of voter fraud and poll watcher intimidation; non-signature verification; loose or non-existent chain of custody practices for ballot security, etc.
3.) Insincerity / dishonesty of Senator Sasses’ statements about dismissal of court cases: not dismissed on merit, but for reasons of legal technicalities - “lack of standing,” “estoppel” and “latches.”
4.) President Donald J. Trump’s ‘Save America’ speech, as given at Ellipse Park, Washington, D.C., on 6 January 2021: key phrases, and timeline in relation to U.S. Capitol riot.
5.) Legal standard for judging whether speech is criminal incitement: Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969).
6.) The unconstitutionality of “sedition” statutes.
7.) The Capitol riot, criminal incitement, and impeachment of President Trump: remarks by Attorney Robert Barnes, Attorney / Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, and by George Washington Univ. Law Professor Johnathan Turley.
PART IV.
1.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s misuse of the 25th Amendment and the impeachment clause; that these two acts came very close to doing that which could be rightly defined as an attempted coup.
2.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to instigate a military coup, by requesting that U.S. military commanders not obey any order given by President Trump for the two weeks prior to his leaving office.
3.) Recent history of liberals and leftists storming and occupying the U.S. Capitol - including the Senate Chamber and Nancy Pelosi’s office - during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings in 2018 and 2019.
4.) Democrat double standard towards political violence; mainstream press’s normalization / justification of political violence; failure of candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to condemn BLM / Antifa riots in Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Chicago, NYC Washington D.C., etc.
PART V.
1.) Patriot Act - first drafted in 1995 by then Senator Joe Biden, following Oklahoma City bombing.
2.) Censorship and Sect. 230 of Telecommunications Act - “Big tech” acting as quasi-government, using taxpayer funded government subsides to attack taxpayers who are politically conservative. (See: Marsh v. Alabama, U.S. (1946).
3.) Ways to fight - Close accounts with Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon. Seek alternatives, such as Duck-Duck-Go, Rumble, Walmart or direct purchase from vendors.
4.) Political apathy got us here! Politics effects every aspect of our daily lives. We ALL must get involved, starting at local level.
PART VI.
Open floor discussion.
Informal discussions with various attendees.
Follow-up on the February 6th meeting in Culbertson, regarding Censure Resolution against Senator Ben Sasse ...
We had a packed house - “standing room only” crowd in the ambulance barn’s community room. 70 people showed up, including myself.
They came from Arapahoe, Cambridge, Champion, Culbertson, Grant, Hendly, Hayes Center, Imperial, Indianola, Trenton, Wauneta, and from various non-town county road addresses.
All 70 were angry with the actions and comments of Senator Sasse.
All 70 signed the petition to approve the Resolution of Censure - and we are still getting signatures from many others (94 signers, so far).
Many asked how to force Sasse to resign, or whether it is possible to recall him - and there were some who wanted Sasse expelled from the Republican Party!
Meeting began promptly at 2 PM, CT, with a call to order, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Meeting ended at approximately 3:30 PM CT.
Topics covered in presentation, 6 sections:
PART I.
1.) President Ronald Reagan’s quote: “Freedom is a fragile thing, and is never more than one generation away from extinction ...”
2.) The Resolution of Censure against Senator Benjamin E. Sasse.
3.) Senator Sasse’s response to the Resolution of Censure (This greatly agitated the attendees).
4.) My letter of reply to Senator Sasse (I received a standing ovation).
PART II.
1.) What is censure?
2.) What is Impeachment? U.S. Constitution: Art. 1, Sec. 3, Clause 6 and 7; Art. 2, Sec. 4, Clause 1.
3.) What is a Bill of Attainder?
4.) Bill of Attainder - Prohibition of - U.S. Constitution: Art. 1,ec. 9, Clause 3.
5.) Elections - U.S. Constitution: Art. 1, Sec. 4, Clause 1.
6.) Electors - U.S. Constitution: Art. 2, Sec. 1, Clause 2; Electoral Count Act of 1887.
PART III.
1.) The evidence for disputing the 2020 election: violations of state election laws and state constitution amendment requirements in PA, MI, WI and GA.; violation of Equal Protection clause of U.S. Constitution.
2.) Singed affidavits of eye witnesses: acts of voter fraud and poll watcher intimidation; non-signature verification; loose or non-existent chain of custody practices for ballot security, etc.
3.) Insincerity / dishonesty of Senator Sasses’ statements about dismissal of court cases: not dismissed on merit, but for reasons of legal technicalities - “lack of standing,” “estoppel” and “latches.”
4.) President Donald J. Trump’s ‘Save America’ speech, as given at Ellipse Park, Washington, D.C., on 6 January 2021: key phrases, and timeline in relation to U.S. Capitol riot.
5.) Legal standard for judging whether speech is criminal incitement: Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969).
6.) The unconstitutionality of “sedition” statutes.
7.) The Capitol riot, criminal incitement, and impeachment of President Trump: remarks by Attorney Robert Barnes, Attorney / Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, and by George Washington Univ. Law Professor Johnathan Turley.
PART IV.
1.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s misuse of the 25th Amendment and the impeachment clause; that these two acts came very close to doing that which could be rightly defined as an attempted coup.
2.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to instigate a military coup, by requesting that U.S. military commanders not obey any order given by President Trump for the two weeks prior to his leaving office.
3.) Recent history of liberals and leftists storming and occupying the U.S. Capitol - including the Senate Chamber and Nancy Pelosi’s office - during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings in 2018 and 2019.
4.) Democrat double standard towards political violence; mainstream press’s normalization / justification of political violence; failure of candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to condemn BLM / Antifa riots in Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Chicago, NYC Washington D.C., etc.
PART V.
1.) Patriot Act - first drafted in 1995 by then Senator Joe Biden, following Oklahoma City bombing.
2.) Censorship and Sect. 230 of Telecommunications Act - “Big tech” acting as quasi-government, using taxpayer funded government subsides to attack taxpayers who are politically conservative. (See: Marsh v. Alabama, U.S. (1946).
3.) Ways to fight - Close accounts with Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon. Seek alternatives, such as Duck-Duck-Go, Rumble, Walmart or direct purchase from vendors.
4.) Political apathy got us here! Politics effects every aspect of our daily lives. We ALL must get involved, starting at local level.
PART VI.
Open floor discussion.
Informal discussions with various attendees.
We had a packed house - “standing room only” crowd in the ambulance barn’s community room. 70 people showed up, including myself.
The response of Senator Ben Sasse - to the impending vote on a resolution of censor - only underscores the point that, above all else, he is an arrogant, patronizing political opportunist, who possesses an conceited penchant for disingenuous rhetoric. Moreover, he cares not a wit of the opinions and concerns of his constituents. I could have addressed several of the remarks made by Senator Sasse in his response; but, for now, I will reply to what I consider his most egregiously insulting:
“Politics isn’t about the weird worship of one dude” – Senator Ben Sasse
Senator, this is not about the “worship of one dude.” This is about the American People – that we had a president who fought for our needs and concerns, and delivered on what he promised.
Again, Senator Sasse insults the intelligence of his constituents, attempting by subterfuge to reframe the issue as being a cult of personality, when the principle at issue, and reason for this resolution of censure, is his support of and participation in an unconstitutional impeachment trial.
This is about the U.S. Constitution – and Senator Sasse ignoring the plain meaning of its language. This is about treating matters of consequence contemptuously. And, in my opinion, this is about the envy Ben Sasse harbors against the popularity of Donald Trump. It is Senator Sasse who chooses to make this a contest of personality. If Senator Ben Sasse were the “real conservative” he claims, then the Republican senator would not throw his hat in the ring with the spiteful Democrats, who are hell-bent on revenge against Donald Trump. A “real conservative” would not contradict the plain meaning of the Constitution, as to the penalty incurred by impeachment and conviction – removal from office (Article 2, Sec. 4, and Article 1, Sec. 3, Clause 7); and nor would the senator ignore the First Amendment rights of the former president, in claiming that the Trump’s speech incited “insurrection.” By the legal standard established in the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brandenburg v. Ohio, President Trump did not incite nor intend to incite violence.
Senator Ben Sasse apparently thinks himself the reincarnation of the “Boy Orator of the Platte” -William Jennings Bryan. His aspirations for obtaining the presidency will end the same way.
I used your “Bryan” line in my reply to Senator sASSe’s response to our censure resolution. Could not pass that one up.
Thank you citizen patriot! THIS is the kind of stuff that has to happen organically and repeatedly across America.
ILLINOIS! Take Adam Kinzinger out of Congress in the next election!
Amen! Thank YOU PeterPrinciple for the encouraging words.
Let’s get to work and have every freeper pick out one thing that each person can do in their own circle of influence.
You can’t leave the house because of physical infirmities? Call someone that you know to act as your proxy and have them go rattle some cages.
Pick up the phone and let someone from our side have it and but good.
Write a letter to the editor. Not a run of the mill letter but a letter of call to action for our side.
How about all of the Christian men that are silent in your community? Get their goat and get their butts off the couch or pew, and into battle. Start putting pressure on everyone around you that is asleep at the wheel. The LEFT fights for what THEY want... where in the hell is the RIGHT? EXCUSES don’t cut it any more.
Reload ammo, or walk the picket lines.
Sitting on the sidelines is OVER!
You can bet that Ben Sasse is compromised. Someone has a picture of him with a man’s private part in his mouth!
Same goes for Barr and Roberts, to name a few!
PS...Those mentioned in the previous are not alone.
The camera holds the cards and just a phone call is required to get the desired vote.
COMPROMISED!
Good work. Get rid of him if you can.
However, I still hear a third party calling me...
“However, I still hear a third party calling me...”
Election of 1912.
I’d rather we do whatever it takes to take back our party. And I do mean “whatever it takes.”
Well, as many have stated here at FR, if our votes are stolen, voting is now worthless. Two parties or three, doesn’t matter.
That’s the gist of it all.
But your local efforts are commendable and may have a great outcome at least at the state level. So I applaud what you are doing.
How about all of the Christian men that are silent in your community? Get their goat and get their butts off the couch or pew, and into battle. Start putting pressure on everyone around you that is asleep at the wheel. The LEFT fights for what THEY want... where in the hell is the RIGHT? EXCUSES don’t cut it any more.
Ask your pastor the same and observe the response.
“Politics isn’t about the weird worship of one dude” – Senator Ben Sasse
But it works to our advantage if they see it that way.
Let’s get to work and have every freeper pick out one thing that each person can do in their own circle of influence.
Another warrior and I are making contact with the local Collegiate Republicans. They need some encouragement. We will buy the pizzas for the next year if that is what it takes to keep them meeting and talking.
Folks, the battle is fought on many fronts. Find some little thing to do to help............................
Most of all I am learning that people want to talk if given the opportunity. They may control the internet but we still have mouths and ears and legs.
“Politics isn’t about the weird worship of one dude” – Senator Ben Sasse
Maybe the following sheds some light on the situation. Read it slowly and let your lips move.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niem%C3%B6ller
Is it possible they look at Trump and see nationalism which in their mind is a bad thing and in truth, some of it is a bad thing. Any ISM is not good. Hitler and nationalism are one and the same for them? Frankly, I am against nationalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism
They are managing for what the DON’T WANT. They don’t want nationalism so socialism and many other things work just so long as it is NOT nationalism. Managing for what you don’t want doesn’t take you to a destination, it leaves you wandering in the desert.
So folks, what do we want? There is great detail here on FR as to what we don’t want.
Question of the day for thinkers. What is an “ism”?
Darn. Another Fag in office.
So, the real evidence of apathy. No County party, organization or any evidence of what it takes to kill candidates before they run for office. That said, there are three States right in a row with the very same East West issues not to mention County Republican organizations. NE, ND, and SD
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