A key Republican state lawmaker in Nebraska has decided to oppose a proposal to alter how the state’s Electoral College votes are distributed, effectively blocking an idea that Republicans, encouraged by Trump, had been considering a shift toward.

Most states award electors through a “winner-take-all system” but Nebraska allocates just two of its electors to whoever wins the state overall. The remaining votes are given out based on who wins each individual congressional district. The Omaha-based district is likely going to be won by Kamala Harris in this year’s election.

To prevent that from happening (in order to ensure Trump would receive ALL of the electors in the state), Republicans met this month to discuss making such a change. However, Republican State Senator Mike McDonnell announced that he could not support the move so close to the election.

Said McDonnell:

I have taken time to listen carefully to Nebraskans and national leaders on both sides of the issue. After deep consideration, it is clear to me that right now, 43 days from Election Day, is not the moment to make this change.

McDonnell’s statement essentially killed the idea. Unsurprisingly, Trump attacked McDonnell on Truth Social, labeling him a “grandstander.”

While almost every state does do a winner-take-all system, making this change SOLELY to benefit one candidate over another would have been an inappropriate action. Importantly, one other state does allocate its electors like Nebraska does — Maine, which is likely to give all of its votes to Harris, save for one district, which may back Trump in November.

Trump did not call for that state to switch its method of allocating electors, signaling an enormous hypocrisy.

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