Dear Commons Community,

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who has said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party must choose between “conservatism and madness.”

Sasse on Thursday released the five-minute video (above) responding to Republican officials back home who want to censure him at a Republican State Central Committee meeting on Feb. 13 because of his criticism of Trump. He warned that purging Trump skeptics from the GOP is “not only civic cancer for the nation [but] just terrible for our party.”

Sasse, who didn’t support Trump’s candidacy in 2016 or 2020, dismissed his critics in the state party as “angry about life” and out of step with regular Nebraskans. “I listen to Nebraskans every day and very few of them are as angry about life as some of the people on this committee. Not all of you, but a lot,” Sasse said in the video. “Political addicts don’t represent most Nebraska conservatives.”

Sasse is one of several Republican officeholders under attack for criticizing Trump.

The GOP and the country need more political leaders like Sasse to tell it like it is.

Tony

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