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Sketchy Business – Ben Sasse Under Investigation
for Financial Issues During University
Tenure, DeSantis Calls for Inquiry

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Posted By: earlybird, 8/18/2024 10:59:16 AM

A few weeks ago, former Senator Benn Sasse quit his job as President at University of Florida. The claimed reason given by Sasse was to care for his wife who has epilepsy, but the timing of things now looks very sketchy. I’m going to outline the details in real time because this is going to become more critical as Ron DeSantis positions his future ambitions ,(snip) CTH noted a few years ago that Ron DeSantis was positioning for 2024 presidency. One of the supportive datapoints was a $20 million donation by the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA) to Ron DeSantis {LINK}. (snip) Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts was the RGA chairman.

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DeSantis influenced the hiring of Sasse at UF. Ricketts then took Sasse's Senate seat. Now it appears that a number of quid pro quos occurred that are toujgh to ignore.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: spacer 8/18/2024 11:53:07 AM (No. 1780321)
No fan of never Trumper Sasse but he was one of the few that stood up to the muslim attacks on Israel and the fithy muslim antifa scum that were swarming the schools with death to Israel river to the sea chants.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: earlybird 8/18/2024 12:06:05 PM (No. 1780326)
In this maneuver Sasse appears to have allowed himself to be a pawn...and then blew it. We'll find out where those huge dollars went, but it will be hard for DeSantis to dodge this bullet. The maneuver took place over a few years but is painfully obvious. He has turned out to be a manipulator. How long can that escape notice?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: itsonlyme 8/18/2024 12:18:19 PM (No. 1780334)
The RINO ex-Senator and his thirst for more power hoping he won't get caught.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: earlybird 8/18/2024 1:11:21 PM (No. 1780358)
There's more than Sasse's thirst for power involved here, DeSantis and Ricketts were/are power-hungry, too... Ricketts deserves a good long look.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Geoman 8/18/2024 1:16:25 PM (No. 1780360)
CTH's Kennedy Derangement Syndrome was at least a break from its DeSantis Derangement Syndrome - while it lasted. Back when Alfred Hitchcock movies were playing at movie theaters, I realized there were no perfect politicians and when any former business tycoon, actor, military leader, astronaut, or any other widely recognized, non-political person runs for any political office they become politicians, and no asterisk is needed to try and prove otherwise. The only exception, may not actually be an exception but the lack of Sherlock Holmes-type reporting and mass media intrusion begs the question as to whether George Washington was a politician. We know that he was our military Commander-in-Chief before there was a Constitution or a sovereign United States and he did much of the heavy lifting to forge our Republic. He also warned strongly against the rise of political parties and was very prescient on his points against them. Is there any politician alive today - or in our history - who looks good under a microscope? If not, then why focus on casting stones at only a few?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Kate318 8/18/2024 1:20:00 PM (No. 1780364)
Thanks, OP. I remember saying this very thing when it all happened. Several DeSantis supporters here challenged me, saying there was no proof, and were quite angry at the allegation. My response was that everyone in Nebraska knew exactly what was going on. And, we did. Dems are not the only ones who are corrupt.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Italiano 8/18/2024 1:33:24 PM (No. 1780368)
Looks/sounds like business as usual, the way the game is played across the board.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 8/18/2024 1:49:19 PM (No. 1780374)
The minute these hogs get control of a government trough (Federal or state), they start ladeling the swill (our tax dollars) to their friends. Money is no object when it isn't your money.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: earlybird 8/18/2024 2:25:16 PM (No. 1780379)
Re #6, I remember when Never Trjmpers here accused others here of being Trump cultists, and shot any messenger who dared to present facts that disahreed, yet we see the same kind of "cultism" in those who will shoot any messenger who dares to presemt facctual information that calls into question their favorites. "Don't confuse me with the facts"..
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Reply 10 - Posted by: earlybird 8/18/2024 2:31:30 PM (No. 1780380)
Goring sacred oxen with facts is not a sign of derangement.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DogFacedPonySoldier 8/18/2024 3:04:13 PM (No. 1780390)
Is the arrogant Sasse going down?
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