Sasse’s second oft-emphasized quality is his elite pedigree-Harvard bachelor’s, St. suffers from a “culture of sexual assault,” and then, to no one’s surprise, voted to confirm Kavanaugh anyway. Sasse epitomized this slippery two-step during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process, during which time he criticized Trump for making fun of Christine Blasey Ford, called the #MeToo movement an “important and a needed development,” lamented that the U.S. He voted in line with Trump’s position 85 percent of the time-just a point or two behind reliable Trumpist lickspittles such as Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, and Lindsey Graham. In an Atlantic column following the January 6 attack, for example, Sasse somewhat lamely called Marjorie Taylor Greene “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.” (No doubt she felt stung by such a cutting remark.)īut for all his quips and quibbles, Sasse’s actual record told a different story. The first was his frequent criticism of the former president and his MAGA acolytes. What will the country remember of the political career of “ Liddle Ben Sasse ,” a man so eminently forgettable even Jeopardy wizard James Holzhauer couldn’t name him?ĭuring the Trump years, media coverage of Sasse tended to emphasize two core qualities. Come February, he’ll decamp for the Sunshine State, where, following a controversial vetting process, he’ll take over as the next president of the University of Florida. In early October, Sasse announced that he planned to resign from the Senate at the end of the year instead of riding out the final four years of his second term, capping an eight-year tenure in the legislative body. But instead of leaving the GOP (that might take some real courage), he’s opted out of organized politics itself-and into a nearly $1 million salary bump. This year, Sasse finally decided that it’s quitting time.
Way back in March of 2016, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse told the world that “if the Republican Party becomes the party of David Duke, Donald Trump-I’m out.” Two years later and still very much “in,” Sasse claimed that he continued to consider leaving the GOP “every morning.” “I, Lucius Malfoy, Have Regularly Considered Leaving the Death Eaters,” came a McSweeney’s riposte.
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