Nebraska GOP Candidate Compared Voting For Omnibus Bill To ‘Short Bus To Nowhere’

Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn arrives to Douglas County District Court in Omaha, Neb., Friday, May 29, 2009. A protection order issued against Shane Osborn has been lifted at the request of his estranged wife... Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn arrives to Douglas County District Court in Omaha, Neb., Friday, May 29, 2009. A protection order issued against Shane Osborn has been lifted at the request of his estranged wife Teri Osborn, who took out a protection order against her husband earlier, alleging he physically abused her and enlisted the help of "spies" to monitor her activities. In response, Shane Osborn asked the Douglas County District Court to order a psychological evaluation for his wife. He also asked to be awarded temporary custody of the couple's three children.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) MORE LESS
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A Nebraska Republican Senate candidate a trillion omnibus bill to a “short bus to nowhere.”

In a tweet a day before the Senate voted on a House-passed $1.102 trillion omnibus bill former state treasurer Shane Osborn, one of a few candidates running in the Nebraska Republican Senate primary wrote that voting for the bill was a “short bus to nowhere.”

Osborn deleted the tweet but TPM was able to obtain a screenshot.

The bill, it should be noted, passed the chamber Osborn wants to join 84-14 meaning even most Republicans voted for the bill.

On Friday Osborn said he regretted sending the tweet.

“My Mother is a nurse who takes care of special needs children and we consider them part of our family,” Osborn said in a statement to TPM. “I quickly realized the tweet sent the wrong message and deleted it immediately.”

This post was updated.

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