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Trump’s Hail-Mary Plan to Change Nebraska Rules Just Fell Apart
As Nebraska Republicans reject MAGA's push change how the state allots its electors, a reporter covering this controversy explains how it's a big blow to Trump—and what it says about today's GOP
Donald Trump and his allies have been pushing Nebraska’s GOP-controlled State legislature to change how the state’s electoral votes are allotted, to prevent Kamala Harris from winning the election with just the blue wall states. But Nebraska’s GOP governor just announced that he will not hold a special session to change the rules, dashing Trump’s hopes. How did this happen? We talked to Joe Perticone, who has been covering all this as national political reporter at The Bulwark. He unpacks why Trump couldn’t get this done, what the impact of this will be, and what it all says about the GOP in the age of MAGA.
