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Electors are being harassed, threatened in bid to stop Trump
NY Post ^ | 12/14/16 | Mark Moore

Posted on 12/15/2016 6:07:57 AM PST by Enlightened1

Electors around the country are being harassed with a barrage of emails, phone calls and letters — and even death threats — in an effort to block Donald Trump from being voted in as president by the Electoral College on Monday.

The bullying is overwhelming Sharon Geise’s tech devices, but not her resolve to support Trump.

The Mesa, Arizona, grandmother woke up Wednesday morning to more than 1,500 emails demanding she not carry out her legal duty to vote for the president-elect.

“They just keep coming and coming,” Geise told The Post, estimating she’s received more than 50,000 emails since the election. “They’re overpowering my iPad.”

Her answer: mass delete.

Despite the avalanche, she said, her decision to back Trump is stronger than ever.

“Obviously their minds are made up and they’re not going to change. I’m not either,” the soft-spoken Geise said.

Reports of GOP electors being badgered have been reported in numerous states, including Georgia, Idaho, Tennessee, Arizona, Utah and Michigan.

Like Geise, Republican Patricia Allen of Tennessee told The Post she’s been bombarded with 2,000 emails, 120 letters and five phone calls all urging her to switch and vote against Trump. But Allen, 74, said that despite the “siege,” she’s not budging.

“This has never happened before … Do you know how long it takes to delete all those emails every day?” she asked.

She’s also been solicited by a Harvard University group backed by constitutional law Prof. Lawrence Lessig, who has offered free legal aid to electors who change their vote.

“That borders on bribery,” said Allen. “Carried to this extreme, the day might come when an elector could be sold to the highest bidder.”

Lessig claims that 20 GOP electors are considering voting against Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electors; harrassed; threatened; trump
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Absolutely disgusting!

Time to arrest these thugs for making terroristic threats at our Electors.

1 posted on 12/15/2016 6:07:57 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

There are going to be investigations, arrests and prosecutions.

Starting January 21, 2017.


2 posted on 12/15/2016 6:09:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Enlightened1

This is real 1930’s stuff.


3 posted on 12/15/2016 6:09:32 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Enlightened1

This is ONE BILLION TIMES WORSE than Russians hacking DNC emails And the media is TREASONOUS for not saying so.

Where is Trump on this? We need him.


4 posted on 12/15/2016 6:11:47 AM PST by samtheman (Voted Trump)
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To: Enlightened1

Where’s Lynch and her DOJ?


5 posted on 12/15/2016 6:15:26 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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Threats against members of the Electoral College are probably a federal crime. I am confident that Obama’s “Justice” Department is doing everything in response that we expect from Barack Hussein’s followers. I hope President Trump’s Justice Department will also do everything we expect. I’d like to see all terrorists in prison, and attempting to accomplish political goals through violence or the threat of violence is terrorism.


6 posted on 12/15/2016 6:15:29 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Enlightened1

Actually, this is funny - Democrats are making enemies and not friends.

I hope they keep it up. Their moonbattery isn’t hurting Trump; its backfiring on them.

Nothing like sore losers trying to bully people into reversing reality.


8 posted on 12/15/2016 6:18:42 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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I wonder if any of the threats have been from Bill Ayers.It sure fits his MO.
9 posted on 12/15/2016 6:18:53 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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Where are all the boo hoo types who decry cyberbullying when it applies to gays? Why aren’t they decrying this cyberbullying?


10 posted on 12/15/2016 6:19:35 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Enlightened1
They are trying to stop US- the millions who don't live in the most populous/liberal states. WE are Trump! This is criminal arrogance. Makes you think about WHAT and how much they stand to lose with the rejection of Clinton.

I hope every one of these electors keeps detailed records of what they hear and who they hear from. GO PUBLIC. File harassment and intimidation charges. Flood the courts. The Clinton-istas are like rabid animals caught and about to be dispatched but snarling and slashing wildly. Ugly. Useless and ultimately disposed of.
11 posted on 12/15/2016 6:21:48 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam- it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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Lynch refuses to do anything about them. Sessions will hit them with both barrels.


12 posted on 12/15/2016 6:22:05 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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This threatening of (Republican) electors is domestic terrorism and those who are doing it should be dealt with as terrorists, including the use of deadly force at the slightest hint of violence against the electors by these left-wing (demonicrat) terrorists.


13 posted on 12/15/2016 6:22:25 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: samtheman

Hillary must be pressured by ‘foundation contributors’ to DELIVER...or else, return their money!


14 posted on 12/15/2016 6:24:26 AM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

One can only assume DemWits, Obummer, DOJ and AG Lynch are OK and approving of these threatened lynchings against electors.


15 posted on 12/15/2016 6:24:32 AM PST by FiddlePig
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To: Pollster1

The very politicized Justice Department might not be doing anything but these are state electors....where are these states in protecting their electors as it is their votes and voters that are being compromised???????


16 posted on 12/15/2016 6:26:26 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I hope you are right. These people need to be put in prison.

But, I strongly suspect Trump will pull an “Abraham Lincoln,” and give everyone pardons.


17 posted on 12/15/2016 6:28:52 AM PST by RepRivFarm ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
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To: Enlightened1

The union thugs are scared. They tried the same stuff against Walker and the legislature in Wisconsin. And lost. Repeatedly.


18 posted on 12/15/2016 6:33:45 AM PST by meyer (There is no political solution to this troubling evolution...)
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19 posted on 12/15/2016 6:39:15 AM PST by eaglestar
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bow wow!
20 posted on 12/15/2016 6:40:11 AM PST by eaglestar
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