Lawmaker Requests Censure on Senator for Taking Down Historical Displays
Jan 09, 2026
Southside of the Nebraska State Capitol building. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News)LINCOLN–(KFOR Jan. 9)–On the floor of the Nebraska Legislature Friday, David City Senator Jared Storm asked the Legislature’s executive board to take action against Omaha Senator Machaela Cavanaugh for removing displays f
eaturing material made by the controversial conservative group PragerU that were put up in the State Capitol as part of the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Storm is requesting to censure Cavanaugh. Via social media on Wednesday, Governor Jim Pillen shared a 40-second video showing who appeared to be Senator Cavanaugh taking down displays, while a photo showed those items on the floor of her office.
Several displays of historical figures, key events in the American Revolution and portraits of those that signed the Declaration of Independence were “ripped off the walls”, according to Governor Pillen in a social media post.
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