{"id":7400,"date":"2026-05-06T11:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=7400"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:59:46","slug":"nebraska-lawmakers-consider-historic-expulsion-of-senator-accused-of-inappropriate-conduct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/nebraska-lawmakers-consider-historic-expulsion-of-senator-accused-of-inappropriate-conduct-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Lawmakers Consider Historic Expulsion of Senator Accused of Inappropriate Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Nebraska\u2019s 2026 legislative session opens, the state is confronting a reckoning it has never faced before: whether to expel one of its own. Sen. Dan McKeon stands accused of telling a staffer she should \u201cget laid\u201d on vacation and patting her buttocks at an end\u2011of\u2011session party. An outside investigation found his behavior violated workplace harassment rules, even if it fell short of legal sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>McKeon, 59, leans on faith and defiance, insisting his comments were jokes and any touch was nonsexual. He ignored instructions to avoid staff gatherings, sent a note urging forgiveness \u201cbecause that is what the Bible instructs,\u201d and later texted that his accuser was \u201cdifficult to work with.\u201d Now, with a disturbing\u2011the\u2011peace charge pending and Republican leaders urging him to resign, his fate rests on 33 votes\u2014and on how far Nebraska is willing to go to protect those who work in its halls of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Nebraska\u2019s 2026 legislative session opens, the state is confronting a reckoning it has never faced before: whether to expel one of its own. Sen. 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