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Trump asked aides if he could pursue a wild plan to replace the Electoral College with loyalists who would ignore the vote, report says
President Donald Trump has asked aides about a plan to remain in office by subverting the Electoral College, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Under the plan, GOP-controlled state legislatures would ignore the popular vote in swing states and appoint Trump loyalists as electors to secure the president a second term.
Business Insider reported earlier Thursday that the plan was gaining currency among some Trump supporters despite how unlikely it is to work.
Experts say the plan, though technically possible, would face enormous legal and political obstacles.
The Times' sources stressed that though Trump had asked about the plan, he did not seem to entertain it seriously.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-asked-aides-could-pursue-113507375.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
MFM008
(19,803 posts)SPOTUS ruled on something pertaining to this earlier this year.
Something about electors have to vote with their states.
anyone?
bullimiami
(13,083 posts)bullimiami
(13,083 posts)he knows nothing and thinks he has great ideas.
struggle4progress
(118,269 posts)Just_Vote_Dem
(2,801 posts)Good luck with that
ProfessorGAC
(64,960 posts)But, that doesn't mean it will actually ever happen, and it doesn't mean it wouldn't be so hard as to be impossible, from a practical standpoint.
I think this windmill tilting exercise fits that model. "Technically Possible" but ain't gonna happen.
Just_Vote_Dem
(2,801 posts)to appear that they had more of a chance than they actually did.
ProfessorGAC
(64,960 posts)And, it's a useless qualifier, since anything is possible! It's redundant & lazy.
Or, disinforming, as you said.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,839 posts)how the Electoral College works.
kentuck
(111,069 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Let's see if anyone notices the difference.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Kittycow
(2,396 posts)beaglelover
(3,462 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)BGBD
(3,282 posts)War.