Former President Donald Trump discussed some of his plans for bolstering Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections while also slamming GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski and “loser” GOP Sen. Ben Sasse.
“The senators, they’re all wanting endorsements. All of the senators are wanting endorsements, other than a couple. They’d like them too, but Murkowski’s bad news. A guy like Ben Sasse, I mean, little Ben Sasse, he’s a disaster for the party,” Trump told Lisa Boothe on her new podcast, The Truth with Lisa Booth, released Monday.
“He came up, he was so nice to me for two years, came up with Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz to see me. He was so nice, started off nasty, then he became so nice,” Trump continued of Sasse.
Trump added that the Nebraska senator would have been beaten in his 2020 Senate race, but he secured the nomination after Trump’s endorsement. Sasse is not up for reelection until 2026.
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“He would’ve gotten beaten so easily. So what happened? He gets the nomination, and after he gets the nomination, he gets a little bit sassy again. The guy’s a loser, but we have, you know, people like Murkowski. I don’t think she’s going to do very well,” he continued.
“Murkowski’s bad news, a guy like Ben Sasse, I mean, little Ben Sasse, he’s a disaster for the party.”
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His comments come after Sasse slammed the former president last year, notably when he claimed Trump “flirted with white supremacists.”
“The way he treats women and spends like a drunken sailor. The ways that I criticized President Obama for that kind of spending, I’ve criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He’s flirted with white supremacists,” Sasse said in October.
Trump responded to his claims that Sasse is “a liability to the Republican Party and an embarrassment to the Great State of Nebraska. Other than that, he’s just a wonderful guy.”
Both Sasse and Murkowski voted to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection ahead of the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Trump was ultimately acquitted.
During his Monday interview, Trump touted that his endorsements of Republicans across the country mean “the difference between a victory and a massive defeat.”
“We have a lot of people that are going to do very well, and I’m giving endorsements, and I’m endorsing people that I’ve, that have been good for us and good for the Republican Party,” he said.
Trump has been issuing endorsements to various Republicans since he left office, including Rep. Jody Hice on Monday, who is running for Georgia secretary of state.
“One of our most outstanding Congressmen, Jody Hice, has announced he is running for Secretary of State in the Great State of Georgia. Jody has been a steadfast fighter for conservative Georgia values and is a staunch ally of the America First agenda. Unlike the current Georgia Secretary of State, Jody leads out front with integrity,” Trump said in a statement released by his Save America PAC.
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He also urged his longtime friend and supporter Herschel Walker to run in Georgia as a senator, saying, “He would be unstoppable.”
Sasse’s office did not immediately return the Washington Examiner’s request for comment on Trump’s remarks.
