On April 14, after months of reporting that pre-dated the @NE_Examiner, we published the first story on the allegations of eight women who said @CWHerbster groped them at political events or pageants.
The first round of rebuttals to the story attacked @SenatorSlama for coming forward, saying she was the only named person in the article, including witnesses. So we spoke with three people and they agreed to go on record with names. (2/9)
Herbster’s campaign then ran what might have been a first in #Nebraska politics, a paid campaign TV ad attacking the woman alleging he reached up her dress and touched her inappropriately during a Douglas Co. GOP dinner. (6/9)
Four of @SenatorSlama’s GOP colleagues in the #NEleg said they decided they’d seen enough. They announced a fund to pay for the legal costs of any woman or witness coming forward with credible allegations against @CWHerbster (7/9):
On Friday, @CWHerbster was supposed to host former President Donald Trump at a rally in Greenwood, #Nebraska. Bad weather got in the way. (The rally was rescheduled for Sunday.) (8/9)
That same morning, I got a call from a woman I’d been speaking with for a long time about her allegation against Herbster, which was included among the eight. She said she couldn’t watch Slama stand alone and be attacked.
Spending Sunday with @CWHerbster, former President Donald Trump and his fans. I'll try to live tweet.
Just spoke with traveling minister Kathy Brueggemann of Beatrice. She says she travels with Herbster and that he is a good man, a better man than people say. She said she learned of him through his mother in law.
Crowd starting to be let in at the Greenwood, #Nebraska’s I-80 Speedway. Trump set is on grass, little smaller than October 2020, but still room for at least 2k in here. Herbster and other speakers start at 2p. Trump is expected to speak at 5p.
Out at the #Trump rally in Greenwood, #Nebraska. Looks like a solid crowd of volunteers and fans. Weather and the former president are the talk in line.
Hearing the rally has been postponed until Sunday, weather permitting. Still trying to verify with @CWHerbster.
Per Julie: There will be 2-minute opening and closing statements from the three candidates. No rebuttals. Questions come from KETV, questions submitted by viewers and the topics cover issues vital to Nebraska.
ICYMI: This morning, the #Nebraska Legislature is expected to give final-round approval to a bill that could force the state to accept $120 million in federal rental assistance that @GovRicketts has resisted.
Update: The #NEleg passed a bill intended to force @GovRicketts to accept $120 million in federal rental assistance. But they did so after stripping the bill's emergency clause. Without a federal exception to the March 31 deadline to apply, those funds are likely lost.
Checking.
The bill would've needed 33 votes to force the governor's hand in time to apply by the month's-end deadline, using the emergency clause. If the gov lets it become law, and he might still veto it because it lacked 30 votes, it wouldn't become effective for three months.