Trump’s Hail-Mary Plan to Change Nebraska Rules Just Fell Apart

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.3	For some time now, Donald Trump and his allies have been pushing Nebraska's GOP-controlled
1:35.6	state legislature to change how the state's electoral college votes are allotted.
1:40.5	If Trump had gotten his way, Kamala Harris would not be able to win the election with just the
1:45.5	blue wall states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, a potential boon to him.
1:50.7	But that scheme appears to have fallen apart.
1:53.7	On Tuesday, Nebraska's Republican governor announced that he will not hold a special session
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