OMAHA- The Nebraska Freedom Coalition held Nebraska's second annual Freedom Festival, a populist-led event that sought to bring unity to the republican party in the state. The Coalition invited four, top GOP gubernatorial candidates to speak at the event, not including Jim Pillen, who won the Republican primary.

Former gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster was invited to the event alongside the other three republican speakers, but pulled out rather abruptly just days before the event. Herbster had previously been a large supporter of the Coalition, which is made up mostly of libertarian and pro-Trump republicans, and was even endorsed by the group before the Republican primaries.

Herbster's team reached out and stated that "miscommunication in the planning process" is what made the former candidate have to pull out. Herbster had been promoting the event on his Facebook, but pulled all posts related to it.

One staffer on Herbster's team declined to comment on what exactly these "miscommunications" were, stating he would not "discuss private conversations about the event planning and Charles' participation."

Rod Edwards, who is now overseeing the new Herbster-backed 'Nebraska First' PAC, stated that his team "wish [The Coalition] a safe event and great success."

Patrick Peterson, executive director of the Freedom Coalition, stated that he was "disappointed that Charles [couldn't] attend." He also went on to say that Herbster "couldn't seem to give up the limelight for himself to help other candidates, especially those running down ballot." Peterson declined to comment further.

The event was held to help Republican candidates in 'lower-profile' races.

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