The Omaha World-Herald bucked 84 years of tradition Sunday when it endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
The Nebraska newspaper hasn’t supported a Democrat since 1932, when it endorsed Franklin Roosevelt.
“The risk of a Donald Trump presidency is simply too great,” the editorial board wrote.
The paper slammed Trump for his “alienation of so many groups — women, the disabled, Muslim-Americans, former prisoners of war, the family of a Muslim soldier killed in action, Mexican nationals and Mexican-Americans — is too divisive.”
Trump was also condemned for his “lack of statesmanship” and his many controversial comments about women.
The editorial board praised Clinton’s legislative experience and decades of political involvement, saying that it makes “her the better prepared of the two major candidates for the office of president of the United States.”
But, they said, “Secretary Clinton, if elected, will need to gain the trust of a significant portion of Americans who are concerned about her private email server and attendant deleted emails, her handling of the Benghazi crisis and her longstanding quest for a single-payer health care system in the United States.”
Trump is heavily favored to win Nebraska on Nov. 8.
