Nebraska State Senator Mike McDonnell — a former Democrat who switched to the Republican Party — is defending his Monday, September 23 decision to vote against a state election law change, upsetting Donald Trump and his allies. The Republican-proposed law was a “last-ditch effort to overturn a 30-year law that awards electoral votes by congressional district rather than statewide winner-take-all,” according to CNN. “We work hard and we play by the rules,” the Omaha senator told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Tuesday. READ MORE: ‘No path’: Nebraska GOP lawmaker dashes party dreams for ‘winner-take-all’ el…