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The Republican State Central Committee will be voting on Saturday, Feb. 13 whether to censure Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse for criticizing former President Donald Trump on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Sarpy County Republicans have already voted 2-1 Thursday to join Scotts Bluff and Hitchcock counties to officially condemn the senator.
"Sasse says he’s just here to defend the Constitution, but Sarpy Republicans feel like people are trampling on the Constitution all the time," Anthony Robert, a Sarpy County resident, said. Robert voted for censure.
Sasse addressed the members of the Republican State Central Committee in a video defending himself, Fox News reported.
"You are welcome to censure me again," Sasse said in the video, "but let’s be clear about why this is happening. It’s because I still believe, as you used to, that politics isn't about the weird worship of one dude."
"Let's be clear: The anger in this state party has never been about me violating principle or abandoning conservative policy ‒ I'm one of the most conservative voters in the Senate ‒ the anger's always been simply about me not bending the knee to one guy," Sasse further said. "Personality cults aren’t conservative. Conspiracy theories aren’t conservative. Lying that an election has been stolen is not conservative."
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