{"id":2212463,"date":"2024-04-03T17:26:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-nebraska-lawmaker-switches-to-gop-after-revenge-campaign-by-fellow-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:26:42","slug":"pro-life-nebraska-lawmaker-switches-to-gop-after-revenge-campaign-by-fellow-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-nebraska-lawmaker-switches-to-gop-after-revenge-campaign-by-fellow-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska lawmaker shifts to GOP after Democrats&#8217; revenge campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-life-nebraska-lawmaker-switches-to-gop-after-revenge-campaign-by-fellow-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u200c Nebraska state senator announced his switch to the Republican Party due to Democratic \u200dretaliation over his \u2062stance on abortion and transgender issues. Mike\u200d McDonnell, \u2064representing Omaha and facing term limits after \u200d2016 \u2063and 2020 wins, made the move public through a statement reported by News Channel Nebraska. McDonnell cited the Democrats&#8217; punitive actions against his pro-life beliefs as a key factor in his decision to change parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<p>A state senator in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nebraska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nebraska<\/a> announced on Wednesday that he was changing his party affiliation to Republican because the Democratic Party retaliated against him for taking a stand on abortion and transgender issues.<\/p>\n<p>Mike McDonnell, a lawmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/senators\/landing-pages\/index.php?District=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Omaha<\/a> who is term-limited this year after winning elections in 2016 and 2020, made his plans known in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/central.newschannelnebraska.com\/story\/50636795\/mcdonnell-switches-to-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported by News Channel Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have asked the Democratic Party to respect my religious based Pro-Life position. Instead over the last year they have decided to punish me for being Pro-Life,\u201d McDonnell said.<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues he pointed out was the Nebraska Democratic Party censuring McDonnell last month over votes that helped the passage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/05\/19\/politics\/nebraska-abortion-gender-affirming-care\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restrictions on abortion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nebraska-becomes-18th-state-to-ban-transgender-surgeries-on-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender surgeries<\/a> on children.<\/p>\n<p>McDonnell also accused the Douglas County Democrats of taking revenge on him for being \u201cPro-Life\u201d after they\u00a0\u00a0to withdraw support from him in protest of the same votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a Christian a member of the Roman Catholic Church and Pro-Life is more important to me than being a registered Democrat,\u201d McDonnell said. \u201cToday I am changing my party affiliation to Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of both parties reacted to McConnell\u2019s announcement on Wednesday with statements reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowt.com\/2024\/04\/03\/nebraska-sen-mike-mcdonnell-changes-party-affiliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local news station WOWT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to welcome Senator Mike McDonnell to the Republican Team. The extreme new Democrats are pushing common sense officials and voters to our party,\u201d said Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of Mike McDonnell to the Republican rolls in the legislature means for the first time in recent memory there is a filibuster proof Republican majority in the Unicameral,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Democratic Party head Jane Kleeb said the organization \u201cwill continue to stand up for reproductive freedom and the human rights of the LGBTQ community\u201d and claimed the censure was not about him being a \u201cpro-life Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur decision was based on our party reaffirming our core values to protect women\u2019s ability to make health decisions and to keep politicians out of our personal health decisions,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe respect the ongoing work of Senator McDonnell on behalf of unions and his commitment to protect a fair electoral vote system we have in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska state senator switches to Republican citing Democratic retaliation on abortion and transgender issues. Mike McDonnell, an Omaha lawmaker facing term limits after 2016 and 2020 wins, reveals his party change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2212464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782806032-e1712176379293.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1782806032-e1712176379293.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}