That would be so sad, wouldn’t it?
Donald Trump is warning that a Colorado lawsuit brought by two Democratic members of the Electoral College could harm his bid to become president.
“It is little exaggeration … to say that this lawsuit threatens to impair the interests of the President-elect and the Campaign,” attorney Christopher Murray argued on Trump’s behalf in a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court of Colorado. The judge in the matter, Bill Clinton-appointee Wiley Daniel, is set to consider the matter Monday afternoon.
The suit, brought by Colorado electors Polly Baca and Robert Nemanich, is intended to overturn a state law that forces them to support the statewide popular vote winner when the Electoral College convenes to pick the president on Dec. 19. In Colorado’s case, the winner was Hillary Clinton but a legal victory could invalidate similar laws in 28 other states, including several where Republican electors say they’re legally required to support Trump.
Murray argues for the court to allow Trump and his counsel to intervene in the matter.
“Of course, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence have more than enough electoral votes to secure their respective offices,” he writes. “Plaintiffs’ lawsuit, however, threatens to undermine the many laws in other states that sensibly bind their electors’ votes to represent the will of the citizens, undermining the Electoral College in the process. That is why the President-elect and his Campaign seek to intervene in this case.”
So ‘Russia’s Man in the White House’ wants to further corrupt the democratic process to continue to serve his Kremlin master.
Decision by Fed judge yesterday denied their claim, calling it “political stunt” that would “undermine the electoral process….”
The surreal will not be denied either by challenges to the electoral college, or by claims that Trump is the “Manchurian Candidate.”
We are living the dream, i.e. nightmare.
Well the suit was a political stunt. Two Clinton electors in a state that compels a vote for Clinton go to court in Colorado to “free” Trump electors in others states. They are lucky to have escaped sanctions.
I thought electors were all free to vote their conscience – to keep a demagogue from slipping into the White House. Nevermind…