In an interview with The World-Herald, Sasse downplayed the idea that he will be at odds with Trump or out of step with his constituents. He said his record shows that he’s deeply conservative but not all that partisan — and suggested that matches the mindset of most Nebraskans.

Sasse also described the current Republican Party as a large coalition still searching for its identity.

“There are some people in this new coalition that have talked in ways that I don’t recognize as the party of Lincoln, and I think the coalition’s going to take a little bit of time to sort itself out,” he said. But he said he likes much of what he’s heard from Trump since the election.

Sasse said he’s just as eager as anyone to roll up his sleeves and work with the incoming president to move the country forward. That includes Supreme Court nominations, repealing the Affordable Care Act and strengthening ethics rules.

In a recent op-ed for The World-Herald he wrote that while everyone is wondering if he will keep up his anti-Trump stance or fall in line, it’s not an either-or proposition.