Trump Slams Senator Who Prevented Nebraska Changing Its Electoral Voting System
Elections,2024 Presidential Election,Donald Trump,Republican Party,Nebraska,GOP,Electoral College
Former President Donald Trump slammed Nebraska Republican Sen. Mike McDonnell after the state senator said he would not support a change to the way the state allocates its Electoral College votes that would likely increase Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election in November.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday afternoon that McDonnell is a “Grandstander!” who “decided, for no reason whatsoever, to get in the way of a great Republican, common sense, victory.”
The criticism from the former president came hours after McDonnell reiterated he would not support a change to the way the state—which is just one of two that doesn’t use a winner-takes-all approach—allocates its electoral votes, saying he was concerned about the timing of the change and it reducing Nebraska’s national significance.
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