Posted on 11/22/2016 2:07:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
At least six electors members of the Electoral College whose votes actually elect the President have vowed to cast ballots that don't align with the popular vote results of their states, Politico reported Tuesday.
If they carry out their intentions in effect, becoming "faithless electors" they would narrow Donald Trump's margin-of-victory in the Electoral College over Hillary Clinton.
One elector, Michael Baca said in a statement that he wouldnt vote for Trump.
The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College as the last line of defense, and I think we must do all that we can to ensure that we have a Reasonable Republican candidate who shares our American values, he said.
Added elector Bret Chiafalo, who along with Baca is part of a small group called Hamilton Electors, All were trying to do is honor what the Founding Fathers gave us.
Some electors told Politico that they were attempting to persuade some of their Republican colleagues in the body to vote for someone other than Trump, but they would need at least 15 additional electors (and likely many more) to sway the race....
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
The story falsely claims that electors have vowed to oppose Trump, going against the popular vote in their states.
Nope.
Not one of the six "faithless" electors is the least bit faithless, not a single one is a Republican, and not a single one is going against the popular vote in their state, as the original article in Politico makes clear: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/democrats-electoral-college-faithless-trump-231731
Politico, also a fake news site, should ask the Fake Daily News to take down the story that attributes Politico as a "source."
What are we coming to as a country when fake news sources are even faking their own fake sources?
Actually, nothing. Leftwing news sources have always been fake.
Why the 2016 Election Proves America Needs the Electoral College
Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman / November 14, 2016 /
Commentary By
Portrait of Jarrett Stepman
Jarrett Stepman is an editor for The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jarrett.
In the last week since Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a stunning electoral blowout, there have been calls from many on the left to abolish Americas unique presidential election system.
It still hasnt been settled whether Trump or Clinton won the popular vote, but many Democrats are upset about the possibility that their candidate may have won more total votes, yet lost the election.
Progressives are taking aim at the Electoral College and want to replace it with a national popular vote. This would both remove the indirect mediation of the electors votes, and more damagingly, eliminate the power of states in choosing a president.
You can read my pre-election explanation of how the Electoral College works and why the Founding Fathers created it here. The 2016 presidential election is a perfect illustration of why America needs to keep this institution in place, regardless of whether one supported the winner or the loser in 2016.
The War on the Electoral College
A number of prominent people have called for abolishing the Electoral College, including President Barack Obamas former attorney general Eric Holder, and former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. And some of the medias charges against the Electoral College have been hyperbolic.
One liberal professor called the Electoral College a peculiar institution and likened it to defending slavery, others simply labeled it racist, and one Slate writer denounced it as an instrument of white supremacyand sexism.
Read at:
http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/14/how-the-2016-election-proves-america-needs-the-electoral-college/
What next, we will find out that the electors from Vermont wont be voting for Trump LOL
Fake news from the pit.
We need to post the personals(Legally obtained of course) on the writer of this article.
I'm so confused.
Electors being bought....
Electors owe loyalty to the state they reside in. All this talk of respecting the federal popular vote is ridiculous. It is the state popular vote that matters.
Ooh... interesting. Bernie. Way to rub it in to Her Heinous.
I understand there will 232 not voting for Trump.
The first stage of grief ....
DENIAL.
They still think Trump won’t be President.
Good gawd is this guy a bad sterotype of low-T Jewish, Beta male Cuck or what? I'm ashamed to have Jewish blood when I see a waste of space like this moron.
I’ve been waiting for this. Not good.
Baca is a Democrat from Colorado, a state Hillary won. Chiafalo is from Washington state, which Hillary also won.
And having dug a hole of their own making in earning the distrust of the American people, the media requests a backhoe.
#fakenews
More propaganda pablum for the uninformed constituencies of Obama, Hillary and encouragement for the Soros hirelings to keep protesting!
Must suck to be them.
Reminds me of Cruz, bragging about his ability to “poach” delegates.
Why is this even being reported? These are Clinton electors
The media can’t. stop. lying.
So these guys are switching from Hillary to Hillary?
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