Trump mounts all-out assault on election result in Michigan, Flying in MI state lawmakers to meet

[yaesu]

can't post the info but its about tRump flying in MI lawmakers to meet with him

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/trump-michigan-election-result-assault-challenge

[catbyte]

1. It won't work. Michigan legislature has no power to choose electors. From the MISOS webpage:

The Electoral College is comprised of 538 people, known as electors, chosen nationwide to meet in their home states and cast one vote per person for president and vice president. Michigan has 16 electors to reflect the number of senators and representatives it has in the U.S. Congress. Presidential candidates on the Michigan ballot submit a list of 16 qualified electors to the Secretary of State's Office. The 16 electors whose candidate wins Michigan's popular vote will participate in the Electoral College at the State Capitol in December.

Electors pledge to support the candidate they represent and may not vote otherwise. Michigan voters can be assured that all 16 Michigan electoral votes automatically go to the presidential candidate winning the popular vote.

https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8716-27662--,00.html

[louis-t]

4. He doesn't care about laws. And the 3 states he is suing

would not help him if the votes were overturned. There is no purpose to this other than to keep his base riled and dangerous.

[SoonerPride]

7. I do think it is quaint that you think laws matter anymore.

How very 20th century of you.

[catbyte]

9. Give me a goddamned break. You might have given up but I have faith in my Governor, SOS & AG.

[CrispyQ]

2. He's 58 electoral votes behind.

How is getting MI or even MI & PA going to help him?

I'm ashamed & embarrassed for the people I know who still support the Republican Party.

[jimlup]

3. Trump will not get Michigan...

the people of my state will not allow it.

Biden won here because we organized and voted for Biden. The Michigan electors do not belong to tRump and any attempt to steal them is the move of a failing totalitarian dictator.

[Arazi]

5. What DU policy prevents you from posting details about this latest #Traitor maneuver?

[yaesu]

6. Copyright issues nt

[Crunchy Frog]

8. You can post three paragraphs from the article.

[yaesu]

10. I think your allowed to post 4 paragraphs, may fix it if I have the time nt

[Denzil_DC]

11. OK, let's see if I get alerted:

Donald Trump mounts all-out assault on election result in Michigan

Donald Trump has mounted an all-out assault on the election result in Michigan, reportedly planning to fly state lawmakers to meet with him in Washington and phoning county officials in an apparent attempt to derail the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s 150,000-vote victory in the state.

On Tuesday night, Trump placed phone calls to two Republican members of a county-level vote certification board the night before the pair tried to reverse their previous endorsement of a large chunk of the vote in Michigan.

The news emerged as Republican lawmakers in Michigan prepared to fly to Washington on Friday to meet with Trump at his request, the Washington Post first reported.

While no explanation for the meeting has been given, Trump has been pressuring Republican state lawmakers to try to hijack the electoral college by advancing slates of electors that could compete with those selected by the states’ voters.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/trump-michigan-election-result-assault-challenge

That's four paragaphs, which I believe meets with DU's copyright rules (they're not necessarily the four most informative paras, but they're the first four). If this post gets alerted and goes *poof*, then I guess the rules have changed without notifying us.

[yaesu]

12. Thank you. nt