You are using an outdated browser.
Please upgrade your browser
and improve your visit to our site.
Skip Navigation
PODCAST

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

As Nebraska Republicans reject MAGA’s push to 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 looks downcast
Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump in Flint, Michigan, on September 17

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. Listen to this episode here.