National, state GOP figures gather in Omaha to push for winner-take-all elections in Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — By the time conservative activist Charlie Kirk took the stage Tuesday night, there was no doubt who had led him to travel to Nebraska to pressure state lawmakers to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes: Former President Donald Trump.

“You see what’s ahead of us,” Kirk said before a crowd of about 500 people. “Trump vs. Biden is bigger than just an election. It is a civilizational survival question.”

Kirk joined the Nebraska Republican Party, currently led by Trump loyalists, to hold the rally Tuesday in an evangelical Christian church located in a southwest Omaha shopping center, just across from a Dollar Tree and the local chapter of the American Legion veterans organization.

Most of those attending — many wearing “Stop Woke” stickers and “Make America Great Again” red ballcaps popularized by Trump — roared approval every time Trump’s name was mentioned.

Michael Tiedeman, the 38-year-old newly elected chairman of the Sarpy County GOP, said the same momentum that saw Trump loyalists take over the state party in 2022 will drive the effort to move Nebraska to a winner-take-all state before the general election.

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