Students protest anti-LGBTQ Sen. Ben Sasse as he vies to become university president

“As a queer student, I think his presence is a threat to my well-being here.”

Almost a thousand students at the University of Florida showed up to protest a series of events promoting anti-LGBTQ Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) as the sole finalist to become the school’s next president.

Sasse has spoken out against marriage equality and has a long anti-LGBTQ record in the Senate. He has a zero rating from the Human Rights Campaign, and while Trump was in office, he voted in line with Trump’s position about 85% of the time.

Student protestors (and some faculty) interrupted a Q&A session with Sasse on Monday, chanting “Hey hey, ho, ho, Ben Sasse has got to go.” They also stormed a ballroom where he was conducting a session with university staff.

After his final event, which was reportedly moved online, the video shows him…

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