The Nebraska Republican who tanked a recent legislative push to give former President Donald Trump an easier path to collecting all five of the state’s electoral votes is supporting an independent senate candidate’s bid whose victory could deny the GOP senate control.
On Oct. 12, Nebraska state senator Mike McDonnell spoke in support of Nebraska independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn while addressing an Osborn campaign rally in Omaha that United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain headlined, according to video footage posted by the Osborn campaign. McDonnell’s decision to support Republican Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer’s opponent plus his opposition to eliminating the second congressional district’s single electoral vote that President Biden won in 2020 has rankled Nebraska Republicans who are calling McDonnell’s party credentials into doubt. (RELATED: Republican State…
