“Hey-hey, ho-ho, Ben Sasse has got to go,” protesters chanted, seeking to draw attention to the Nebraskan’s views on LGBTQ+ rights., after Sasse left a student forum early, leaders of a crowd of around 300 called the senator “homophobic and racist in between yelling from the audience”. One protester called out “Get the fuck”, the crowd responding, “Out of our swamp!”A former president of Midland University in Nebraska, Sasse was elected in 2014.
In Gainesville on Monday, Sasse first spoke to faculty members. The first question was about his opposition to same-sex marriage. He said: “I believe in the universal dignity and the immeasurable worth of every single person, all the tens of millions of Floridians, all … 56,000 students here, all 30,000 faculty and staff … we need to create a community of inclusion and respect and trust where people feel heard and appreciated and cherished.
However, when the right to abortion was overturned earlier this year, Clarence Thomas, one of six conservatives on the supreme court, suggested same-sex marriage could also be reconsidered.that Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, was “trying to divide America with culture wars”.In Gainesville, as the young adults of UF protested, a staff forum featuring Sasse was moved online.