Prominent #NeverTrump GOP Senator Ben Sasse Spent the Weekend Moonlighting as an Uber Driver

Nebraska republican Senator — and leading #NeverTrump figure — Ben Sasse spent the weekend after Donald Trump‘s election moonlighting as an Uber driver and a stadium sandwich vendor.

Sasse retweeted a tweet from a University of Nebraska student named Adrian Silva saying that he’d been picked up by the Senator:

Got a ride from @BenSasse #Uber #UberLincoln pic.twitter.com/S5FvwiH8oI

— Adrian Silva (@Adrian1Silva) November 12, 2016

Politico writer Jake Sherman then tweeted to Sasse “this can’t be real…is it?” The Senator then confirmed:

Fact check?#real https://t.co/p8qRG1xp8p

— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) November 13, 2016

Sasse chronicled his unusual weekend jobs on his Twitter feed, noting that some of his Uber passengers were a bit inebriated.

Well, for starters, it’s pushing midnight on a Saturday (and some of my Uber riders today were three sheets to the wind by 4pm…) https://t.co/fuK5styJia

— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) November 13, 2016

Pro-Tip
If you throw up in an uber, the surcharge can be substantial

Upside: It’s a market incentive to get drivers to agree to Sat.pm work

— Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) November 14, 2016

On Saturday night, the Senator worked the stands at the University of Nebraska vs. Minnesota football game selling a popular local sandwich called a Runza.

Yup, that’s @SenSasse selling @Runza at the @HuskerFBNation game #Huskers #GBR pic.twitter.com/hlj7Kx9zis

— Rusty Ford (@shinychevy) November 13, 2016

Sasse explained that he took on these jobs by saying “I like to work alongside and for Nebraskans.” By law, he cannot keep any of the money he earned. He says he plans to donate it to charity.

But the good news for the Senator is that he did go out with a five-star Uber rating, giving him options if his re-election bid in 2020 doesn’t go to plan.

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