A Second GOP Texas Elector Says He Will Not Vote For Donald Trump

[deminks]

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A Republican elector representing Texas will not cast a vote for Donald Trump, writing in a New York Times op-ed published on Monday that Trump does not have the experience or demeanor needed to be president.

"Mr. Trump goes out of his way to attack the cast of 'Saturday Night Live' for bias. He tweets day and night, but waited two days to offer sympathy to the Ohio State community after an attack there. He does not encourage civil discourse, but chooses to stoke fear and create outrage," Christopher Suprun wrote in his op-ed. "This is unacceptable."

Suprun wrote that the Electoral College was designed to "determine if candidates are qualified, not engaged in demagogy, and independent from foreign influence."

"Mr. Trump shows us again and again that he does not meet these standards. Given his own public statements, it isn’t clear how the Electoral College can ignore these issues, and so it should reject him," he said.

Suprun urged his fellow electors to reject Trump and come to an agreement on a suitable Republican to replace him, such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

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Right reasons, wrong solution.

[bigmonkey]

1. The House determines the victor in a hung electoral college result.

The Rabid Republicans won't go for a Democrat, but they might go for another Republican.

[krispos42]

2. Shut your mouth and vote for Hillary

Don't advertise what you're going to to. You might have an unfortunate accident with a cement truck.

If you're an elector and you want to keep Cheeto Jesus off the nuclear button, Hillary Clinton has to have 270 electoral votes. Period. Anything else, any other vote, is a vote for Trump.