Posted on 12/03/2016 10:48:15 AM PST by Jyotishi
New Delhi: A petition urging the Electoral College to reject Donald Trump as the next President of the United States has become the most popular in the history of Change.org, a site that mobilizes support for petitions through e-signatures.
Over 4.6 million people have signed the petition titled "Make Hillary Clinton President", which calls on the Electoral College to elect the Democratic presidential candidate over Trump when it officially votes on December 19.
The petition argues that since Clinton won the popular vote in the November 8 election by a margin of 2 million ballots, she should be the President. It also dismisses Trump as unfit to be the next US Commander in Chief.
"Mr Trump is unfit to serve. His scapegoating of so many Americans, and his impulsivity, bullying, lying, admitted history of sexual assault, and utter lack of experience make him a danger to the Republic," the petition states.
Seen as a last hope for Clinton supporters, the petition has been endorsed by a number of celebrities.
If you feel scared about the current state of American politics and Whitehouse sign this petition: https://t.co/2K88hLD8hn
— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) November 10, 2016
Electoral College Electors: Electoral College Make Hillary Clinton President on December 19 - Sign th... https://t.co/aCSR4Rovgp via @Change
— P!nk (@Pink) November 11, 2016
Electoral College: Make Hillary Clinton President on 12/19. Sign HERE: https://t.co/oPjJWDqBOF - Team Sia
— sia (@Sia) November 11, 2016
Filed by social activist Daniel Brezenoff, the petition is an unconventional way of altering the result of a US election. But then again, nothing about the 2016 presidential race has been conventional.
"This petition is unprecedented, but Donald Trump is an unprecedented danger to the Constitution. He is the kind of president our Founding Fathers warned us about," Brezenoff wrote in his appeal.
The petition has garnered over two million more votes than the next largest campaign on the site, which called for an end to an infamous dog meat festival in China.
On November 8, Trump swept the Electoral College with 306 electoral votes to Clinton's 232. But the petition puts forward that electors in 14 states can change their minds and vote for Clinton without facing any legal penalty.
The Electoral College system requires that representatives of each state cast ballots to decide who will actually become the new President. Members of the college are supposed to vote for whoever won their state, but could theoretically change their mind.
BS
YAWN.....
Good Lord, the elites are pulling out all the stops.
They are absolutely excrementing their pants.
Meaningless bullshite. A lion-share of signatures are foreign.
Online petition?
Full of fake signatures.
They had their say on Nov 8.
Why post this king of horsedung?
Like we need more progressive BS stories? From India, no less.
He won the election. Get over it you friggin' whiners.
Can they recall the days after November 2008? Recall how Republicans reacted? It was nothing like what the Left is engaging in now. They're all living in a pure fantasy land.
We already TRUMPED the other petition......Hellary’s Candidacy
Give the list to the IRS.
4.6 million e-signed a petition?
So what, millions more voted for Trump.
You lost.
Grow up.
The largest number of butthurt leftists in history...Another win.
Over 60 million voted for Trump. This petion means zip.
Only 4.6 Million? That’s like 0.3% of the 1.31 Billion Indians......they couldn’t even get homosexual type numbers to sign it. Make me laugh......
Uncle Leonid is behind the whole thing.
Let’s say they were able to pull off something like this scam. The resulting revolution is something that the traitorous Obamas, Clintons, Harry Reid..... would NOT want to see.
Even at that...4.6 million for a national election? Trivial.
The Snowflakes want a participation trophy.
lol.
Really, who gives a flying #### about cnn or change.org etc.
Obama is NOT a fighter. He wants NO trouble and wants to hit the golf courses and be loved.
He has NO great love for the clintoons and NO ONE would believe they found 50,000 votes in PA.
We DO KNOW that millions of Americans are not for fair and honest elections.
That is scary.
And if some horrific cheating makes her president, I would join a militia in what would be INSTANT civil war.
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