Courage in Nebraska

I may have a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of American politics, but with 7000+ elected officials in the country, no one knows them all by name.  Until a few days ago, I had never heard of state Senator Mike McDonnell of Nebraska.

There aren’t many elected Republican heroes left still inside the party. Yesterday,  we saw one in action when McDonnell stood in front of the MAGA freight train of corrupt politics and their ongoing attempt to steal the 2024 election and said, “Stop.”

Evil as usual would have been easy. McDonnell could’ve simply agreed to allowing the special session of Nebraska’s legislature to help Trump’s Electoral College prospects and he likely would’ve never entered anyone’s radar.

This was the scheme: