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REVEALED: Far right podcaster prompts nebraska move to change electoral system | Vintage Vibes

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Charlie Kirk speaks at the Turning Point Action conference in July 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The power of the far-right commentator Charlie Kirk was illustrated when his tweet prompted the governor of Nebraska to support a bill to change the state’s system for presidential elections in order to deny Democrats a single electoral vote that could decide the presidency later this year.

“Nebraskans should call their legislators and their governor to demand their state stop pointlessly giving strength to their political enemies,” Kirk wrote.

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