Just a few days after receiving the controversial endorsement of former President Donald Trump, that blessing is front and center in Charles Herbster’s Republican bid for governor.

Yes, it’s a three second graphic at the end of a new 30 second commercial but its three key seconds that finds Herbster “Proudly Endorsed By President Donald J. Trump”— by the way not “former President”, the graphic says ‘President Trump.”

Earlier this year NCN questioned Herbster about Trump:

NCN’s Joe Jordan: Do you consider what took place at the US Capitol on January 6 an insurrection and was the President responsible?

HERBSTER: Well I’m just going to say what took place that afternoon was sad. I’m absolutely, totally against any violence whatsoever.

NCN’s Joe Jordan: Was President Trump slow that day to react, slow to move in the troops?

HERBSTER: Well I would just say he has information I didn’t have. I’m not here to grade the President.

NCN’s Joe Jordan: Was he, in your view, the real winner of the Election in November?

HERBSTER: Well I don’t think there’s any way we know because we have several states that just wouldn’t take a serious look at what took place.

Last week’s Trump's endorsement rocketed through the State Capitol as Governor Ricketts said while he agrees with Trump on many things, he disagrees that Herbster is "qualified to be our next governor."

Herbster shooting back: "Governor Ricketts is personally attacking me and President Trump's endorsement...I will not get down in the gutter of petty politics and personal attacks."

Ricketts is term limited and unable to run for a third term—while he has not formally endorsed any candidate for governor, for all practical purposes he’s backing NU Regent Jim Pillen.

Which brings us to the other 27 seconds of Herbster’s ad, 27 seconds hitting immigration hard:  “Nebraska has over 60,000 illegal immigrants…It costs our state over $300 million every year.”

The ad doesn’t mention Pillen but as News Channel Nebraska first reported earlier this year, a federal lawsuit has raised plenty of immigration questions for Pillen.

The lawsuit, examined by News Channel Nebraska, accuses top management and others in Pillen’s giant hog operation, Pillen Family Farms, of hiring undocumented workers and dodging tax payments.

The Pillen campaign denies any wrongdoing.

By the way, Herbster's ad says if the federal government won't get tough on illegal immigration—"If Joe Biden refuses to do his job, then its up to governors to do theirs"—he will, but he doesn't say how.