Republican Sen. Ben Sasse says that he thinks about leaving the Republican Party “every morning.”
The Nebraska senator’s comment comes after he tweeted last week that he “regularly” thinks about switching to become an independent.
“I probably think about it every morning when I wake up and I figure out, why am I flying away from Nebraska to go to D.C. this week? Are we going to get real stuff done?”
Sasse told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he is “committed to the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan as long as there’s a chance to reform it. But this party used to be for some pretty definable stuff. And, frankly, neither of these parties are for very much more than being anti.”
Sasse, who has been a vocal critic of President Trump, criticized the “chaos” and “reality TV circus” that he said is going on inside the White House, remarks that come amid reports of upheaval within the administration.
“It’s pretty obvious when you are engaging with the White House, as I do many, many times a week, there is a lot of chaos and a lot of reality TV circus and that is different than a long-term view,” Sasse said.
For the record, Front Row Seat at the Circus was written prior to Trump’s election, although he is certainly mentioned in the book.