Historic Number of ‘Faithless’ Democrat Electors Desert Hillary
Weeks of protests, ballot recounts, media reports about the popular vote versus the Electoral College, endless coverage of Russian hacking, Hollywood actors pleadings and Michael Moore bribing Republican electors to vote Democrat all ended up with Donald J. Trump winning the office of President of these United States.
The Democratic Party, Jill Stein, MoveOn.org and the Hillary Clinton campaign have all failed to stop the voice of America’s voters.
What is most interesting is that the Democratic Party strategy of electing Trump, as a “Pied Piper” candidate who is “unpalatable to a majority of the electorate”, backfired. Note to the DNC: Be careful of what you wish for.
In a column titled “Donald Trump wins Electoral College – as attempts to cause rebellion turn to farce with DEMOCRATS deserting Hillary” Nikki Schwab, U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com and the Associated Press wrote:
Donald Trump officially crossed the line to 270 electoral votes with electors in Texas casting a ballot for the Republican shortly before 5:30 p.m. EST.
Calls for Trump to be voted down by members of the Electoral College were roundly ignored on Monday – with only two ‘faithless’ Republican electors rejecting the president-elect and four deserting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The New York Times reported:
In Washington, a state where Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had strong support in the Democratic primary against Hillary Clinton, three of the state’s 12 electoral votes went to Colin L. Powell, the Republican former secretary of state. One more elector voted for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American leader.
Two Texas electors voted for different Republican politicians: Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former Texas congressman Ron Paul.
In addition, three Democratic electors, in Colorado, Maine and Minnesota, initially declined to vote for Mrs. Clinton. Two were replaced by an alternate, and one ended up changing his vote.
The final Electoral College “faithless” tally:
State | Pledged to | Voted for |
---|---|---|
Hawaii | Clinton | Bernie Sanders |
Texas | Trump | Ron Paul |
Texas | Trump | John Kasich |
Washington | Clinton | Colin L. Powell |
Washington | Clinton | Colin L. Powell |
Washington | Clinton | Colin L. Powell |
Washington | Clinton | Faith Spotted Eagle |
What will the Democrats in denial do next? Of course, protest at the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
As we have written, “If your opponent is committing suicide, don’t interfere.”
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