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ck4829

(35,077 posts)
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 04:41 PM Oct 2017

Putinist influence was spread far and wide in the 2016 election, did they get Electors too?

We already know the members of the electoral college who voted for Trump are murderers, they are no different than Charles Manson, when they decided to normalize and give their blessings to this era's xenophobia and to the alt-right. They gave their blessings to Alexandre Bissonette, Adam Purinton, and James Alex Fields.

But are they traitors as well?

We saw the will of 65 million people get undermined that night, but it was an odd conclusion to what was supposed to be a divisive race on top of being told "Trump wouldn't get the nomination/he wouldn't win/he'd drop the act/etc." For the most part, the members of the electoral college rallied around Trump, despite the expectation that there would be faithless electors.

We know they are OK with blood on their hands, none have admitted disgust with the actions they helped normalize, I wonder if they received some 'assistance' in that regard. Putinists pumped a town full of fake news, they had dealings with Trump family members and friends, there's Michael Flynn, and more. Is this really incomprehensible, a group of otherwise small and mid-level party officials that nobody would otherwise care about?

I think it's worth looking into at the very least.

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Putinist influence was spread far and wide in the 2016 election, did they get Electors too? (Original Post) ck4829 Oct 2017 OP
The electors were republicans standingtall Oct 2017 #1
The electors are in the same class as Charles Manson? bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #2
Um, no. Eko Oct 2017 #3

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
1. The electors were republicans
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:12 PM
Oct 2017

they were going to vote Trump in regardless of what Putin did,but Putin helped republicans suppress the votes against them and helped ensure many of the votes against them were not counted.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
2. The electors are in the same class as Charles Manson?
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 05:12 PM
Oct 2017

They cast their vote for the person who got the most votes in each state, what they're expected to do. I can understand anger at voters who voted for Trump, and the Russian influence that helped turn and influence the election, but anger at the electors is unwarranted.

Eko

(7,316 posts)
3. Um, no.
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 08:14 PM
Oct 2017

Not at all. You can criticize the system, but don't blame people for doing their jobs and for doing the will of the people they are responsible to.
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/electoralworks.htm

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