RINO Senator Ben Sasse Officially Steps Down

Another RINO says goodbye to Capitol Hill…

Nebraska Republican Ben Sasse resigned from the U.S. Senate on Monday as he begins to take on a new role at the University of Florida.

In November, the University of Florida Board of Trustees selected Sasse to serve as their new President.

The new job is an instant payday for Sasse and job security he didn’t have as a Senator.

Sasses received national attention and backlash after he decided to turn his back on President Trump and voted for Trump to be impeached.

Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse Officially Resignshttps://t.co/Wrobo4ZyZo

— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) January 9, 2023

Sen. Ben Sasse, a Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the attack on the US Capitol, officially resigned from the Senate Sunday, opening up his seat for appointment by Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. https://t.co/0aIjmIaiz3

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 9, 2023

Fox 35 Orlando dropped these details:

Nebraska Republican Ben Sasse resigned from the U.S. Senate on Monday as he prepares to take over as University of Florida president on Feb. 6.

“Running for office is a dangerous business and by asking someone to give you their vote, you’re asking them to give you their trust, to put their trust in you that you will rightly prioritize and sequence their long-term interests,” Sasse wrote in a farewell address posted on his website.

The University of Florida Board of Trustees in November selected Sasse to succeed outgoing President Kent Fuchs. The state university system’s Board of Governors subsequently approved a contract for Sasse that includes a $1 million base salary.

Sasse, who was first elected to the Senate in 2014, previously served as a professor at the University of Texas and as president of Midland University, a small private school in Nebraska. Sasse’s selection for the University of Florida post was met by student protests and faculty opposition, at least in part because of his stances on LGBTQ issues.

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has officially resigned from the Senate as he heads into his new role as president of the University of Florida. https://t.co/7pnIyQSb1A

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 9, 2023

CBS shared more on the story:

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has officially resigned from the Senate as he heads into his new role as president of the University of Florida. Nebraska’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen will appoint someone to fill Sasse’s vacant seat.

Sasse is leaving the Senate just two years into his second term after the University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously in November to appoint him president.

Sasse has had a complicated relationship with Republicans in both nationally and in Nebraska after his outspoken criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict the former president of incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment trial stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Ben Sasse Resigns From Senate Ahead Of University Presidency https://t.co/TvRImkokpq

— Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) January 9, 2023