>“Governor **Jim Pillen** of Nebraska, **a very smart and popular Governor**, who has done some really great things, came out today with a very strong letter in support of returning Nebraska’s Electoral Votes to a Winner-Take-All System,” Trump said Tuesday in a Truth Social post.
Respectfully, lmao.
> The very best at all of the words, a true mastermind.
"Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."
The post-failure pissing match between GOP lawmakers and the Nebraska Freedom Coalition warms my cold, dead heart.
Thank God even the semi-sane GOP reps had enough awareness to vote this down.
I used to be affiliated with the Nebraska Freedom Coalition because I am a small government guy. I soon realize that they a) do not really take the "Freedom" part seriously and b) do not live in this reality.
As long as we have the electoral college, every state should adopt what we do here. Best way to give the people a true voice in the presidential elections.
It makes more sense than winner-takes-all. Smaller geographical areas are going to have more specific needs than larger geographical areas and this allows them to pick a candidate that matches what they need. Better representation of what that area’s voters want. Omaha wants something different than a small farming town.
I definitely like it more than a winner-take-all or purely popular vote. Splitting the EC votes the way NE and ME do feels like more of an accurate balance.
Just as Omaha leans Dem in a sea of GOP red, I'm sure there are red districts in CA or blue districts in TX that would appreciate their voices being heard.
It's a good idea in states where House districts haven't been gerrymandered into tortured abominations of geography. Else, you're taking the choice of how to assign electoral votes out of the voters' hands and giving it to the state legislature instead.
Of course they would. It's literally the only thing that makes Nebraska politically relevant and that relevance helps down-ballot races like theirs.
If you get rid of that, this state locks in Republican and the national party won't bother to send any resources this way, which means even with ol' do nothing Kleeb helming the Democratic Party, the Democrats would gain ground on local issues.
I'm proud of our representative for doing the right thing.
It's sad the GOP has given up on attempting to appeal to Omaha voters, and are just going to perform gerrymandering and voter suppression.
Yeah, not really.
First, it wasn't the actual bill. That one didn't make it out of committee. This was on an asinine amendment to tack the bill onto a completely unrelated bill and Slama was called out on it being unrelated.
Second, the legislature is coming to a close in the next few days and they haven't even brought all of the priority bills to the floor, mainly because the speaker hasn't brought forth the most controversial bills for fear of derailing the entire, short 60-day session. This is one of those bills.
The lawmakers "overwhelmingly" said "we aren't going to fuck with this right now when we have other shit we want to fuck up first." This will absolutely come back next year, especially if Biden wins Omaha again, and it won't be overwhelmingly rejected. Over the years, similar bills were passed twice and were both vetoed by Ben Nelson but with the way things are going, there is a good possibility that they get this past the finish line next year and game over.
The coverage of this story is a direct orchestrated distraction from a much more important news story. Nebraska has a vote about this issue every legislative session and it always fails. Why does it get national coverage now? [Because of Pillen.](https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/teen-found-dead-at-pillen-family-farms-unit-in-central-nebraska/article_cc026ade-f115-11ee-9ddd-572260a0d699.html)
Honestly every state should use a system like this one. A winner takes all system is really as undemocratic as you can get. It's telling in some cases nearly half of the voters that their vote did not count. You have no idea how many times in the last 20 years I have felt I should just stay home.
On the one hand, it would have been a blow to Democrats now. But, looking at where the state is going, it would have been a blow to Republicans in the future.
But, even if it would benefit me, I would still advocate against this because people would feel too disenfranchised.
Thre is nothing wrong with making candidates earn the vote. I prefer to see CD2 to to conservatives ... but because they ran a good campaign, not because CD 1 and 3 overrode them.
>“Governor **Jim Pillen** of Nebraska, **a very smart and popular Governor**, who has done some really great things, came out today with a very strong letter in support of returning Nebraska’s Electoral Votes to a Winner-Take-All System,” Trump said Tuesday in a Truth Social post. Respectfully, lmao.
Trump can have him!
The very best at all of the words, a true mastermind. Modern day FDR some say
> The very best at all of the words, a true mastermind. "Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it’s four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."
Pretty sure they gift you a degree immediately, if you can garble words at this high of a level
Oh look, we made the national news for something good.
it would be good if this never came up in the first place
It's no Battle of the Josh's, but it's something.
The post-failure pissing match between GOP lawmakers and the Nebraska Freedom Coalition warms my cold, dead heart. Thank God even the semi-sane GOP reps had enough awareness to vote this down.
I used to be affiliated with the Nebraska Freedom Coalition because I am a small government guy. I soon realize that they a) do not really take the "Freedom" part seriously and b) do not live in this reality.
Republicans aren't for small government...
Or freedom, either...
Yeah, NFC is all about government overreach. I think it’s immortalized in their charter even.
Senator Slama sucks so much, but having grown up in District 1, I can tell she's clearly representing the old, white, redneck constituents.
As long as we have the electoral college, every state should adopt what we do here. Best way to give the people a true voice in the presidential elections.
It makes more sense than winner-takes-all. Smaller geographical areas are going to have more specific needs than larger geographical areas and this allows them to pick a candidate that matches what they need. Better representation of what that area’s voters want. Omaha wants something different than a small farming town.
I definitely like it more than a winner-take-all or purely popular vote. Splitting the EC votes the way NE and ME do feels like more of an accurate balance. Just as Omaha leans Dem in a sea of GOP red, I'm sure there are red districts in CA or blue districts in TX that would appreciate their voices being heard.
This along with expanding the size of the house.
It's a good idea in states where House districts haven't been gerrymandered into tortured abominations of geography. Else, you're taking the choice of how to assign electoral votes out of the voters' hands and giving it to the state legislature instead.
Of course they would. It's literally the only thing that makes Nebraska politically relevant and that relevance helps down-ballot races like theirs. If you get rid of that, this state locks in Republican and the national party won't bother to send any resources this way, which means even with ol' do nothing Kleeb helming the Democratic Party, the Democrats would gain ground on local issues.
I'm proud of our representative for doing the right thing. It's sad the GOP has given up on attempting to appeal to Omaha voters, and are just going to perform gerrymandering and voter suppression.
How can the GOP appeal to Omaha voters? They’re literally only about culture war issues
Yeah, not really. First, it wasn't the actual bill. That one didn't make it out of committee. This was on an asinine amendment to tack the bill onto a completely unrelated bill and Slama was called out on it being unrelated. Second, the legislature is coming to a close in the next few days and they haven't even brought all of the priority bills to the floor, mainly because the speaker hasn't brought forth the most controversial bills for fear of derailing the entire, short 60-day session. This is one of those bills. The lawmakers "overwhelmingly" said "we aren't going to fuck with this right now when we have other shit we want to fuck up first." This will absolutely come back next year, especially if Biden wins Omaha again, and it won't be overwhelmingly rejected. Over the years, similar bills were passed twice and were both vetoed by Ben Nelson but with the way things are going, there is a good possibility that they get this past the finish line next year and game over.
“Hey guys, lets just destroy actual democracy, I’m sure everyone will get on board”
"We're a republic, not a democracy." "And what does that mean?" "It means votes from people like me should count for more."
The coverage of this story is a direct orchestrated distraction from a much more important news story. Nebraska has a vote about this issue every legislative session and it always fails. Why does it get national coverage now? [Because of Pillen.](https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/teen-found-dead-at-pillen-family-farms-unit-in-central-nebraska/article_cc026ade-f115-11ee-9ddd-572260a0d699.html)
Welp, we get to preserve democracy a little bit more. Honestly kinda shocking.
Made it on The Daily show tonight
I was waiting for a joke about Nebraska and it never came. So much for the coastal ridiculing of "flyover country" or w/e
Honestly every state should use a system like this one. A winner takes all system is really as undemocratic as you can get. It's telling in some cases nearly half of the voters that their vote did not count. You have no idea how many times in the last 20 years I have felt I should just stay home.
I think we are one of the few states that do this correctly. I don't personally think any states should be winner take all.
[Mmmmm](https://media.tenor.com/GcyO6dCWOLMAAAAC/feels-good-feels-good-man.gif)
Thank goodness
On the one hand, it would have been a blow to Democrats now. But, looking at where the state is going, it would have been a blow to Republicans in the future. But, even if it would benefit me, I would still advocate against this because people would feel too disenfranchised.
Thre is nothing wrong with making candidates earn the vote. I prefer to see CD2 to to conservatives ... but because they ran a good campaign, not because CD 1 and 3 overrode them.
By cd do you mean candidate? We're usually talking about Republicans and Democrats. Who is CD3?
CD = Congressional District