A Republican strategist swatted away any notion that it was "inappropriate" for former President Donald Trump to call into a meeting with officials in Nebraska and encourage them to change election rules to a winner-take-all system.
Nebraska is one of two states that award some electoral votes by congressional district. While the state is overwhelmingly and reliably Republican-leaning, Democrats could win an electoral vote from the Omaha area. In what's expected to be a razor-thin election, one vote could boost Kamala Harris' chances to defeat Trump if she secures the battleground states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to a Washington Post analysis.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked a panel including Democratic and Republican strategists David Axelrod and Scott Jennings.
Axelrod said Trump would have an "edge if this thing gets kicked into the House."
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"You can imagine the turmoil that that would create," he said, with Blitzer's agreement.
But Jennings scoffed when asked if he thought it was appropriate for Trump to encourage rule changes so late in the election cycle.
"I don't know, is it as appropriate as the Democrats changing their nominee?" He said with a laugh. "This late in the game? That's probably what Trump would say."
Jennings acknowledged that whether the move will happen is up in the air, but agreed with his Democratic counterpart that one vote "could make the difference."
"They're trying to scratch out every possible advantage they can get. And I'm sure the Republicans feel like that's exactly how the Democrats have played it this year and they're willing to play hardball to do the same thing," said Jennings.
Axelrod gently disagreed with Jennings and questioned the equivalency of one party having a candidate resign and subsequently replaced, as the other tries to change the "rules of the game in the middle" of an election.
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