Leftists Fomented Attempts To Have State Electors Vote Against Trump In 2016
November 27, 2020 By Jordan Davidson
In 2016, leftists and the mainstream media lobbied for people to protest President Donald Trump’s election by having state electors vote against him.
Among those who called for electors to potentially vote against their state’s popular vote numbers included corporate media journalists and contributors such as Chris Hayes, EJ Dionne, Paul Krugman, Peter Beinart, activists, Harvard professors, former Democrat staffers, and other elites, all of whom openly expressed their disdain for a Trump presidency.
Journalist Michael Tracey documented the now-hypocritical takes from media gatekeepers in 2016 on Twitter and in a Medium post. Their reasons ranged from Trump was incapable and under-qualified for the job all the way up to simply accusing him of being an illegitimate president.
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