Electoral College Fight Matters, Though Trump Will Still Win. On Monday, December 19, America has one last chance to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president — or so the most hopeful Trump opponents claim.
Technically, they’re right. The Founding Fathers adopted the Electoral College to ensure that the presidency would not go to an unqualified candidate who won over the masses with his “talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity,” as Alexander Hamilton put it. Many say the election of a reality-TV star with extensive foreign ties is exactly the kind of scenario the Electoral College was created for — especially because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 2.8 million votes. But the political reality is that Trump will be sworn in on January 20. If he fails to receive the 270 majority required to secure the presidency, the election will be decided by the House of Representatives, where Republicans have a solid majority. To Stand Against Trump To Highlight Election Irregularities “Separate from Mr.
12/12/16: CIA has high confidence Russians tried to influence election in Trump's favor. Intelligence sources confirm that the CIA has high confidence that the Russians tried to influence the presidential election and that they favored Donald Trump, CBS News’ Jeff Pegues reports.
Sources say elements of the Republican National Committee (RNC) apparatus were hacked, but the damage was not as widespread as the cyber hacks that affected the Democratic National Committee (DNC). There is disagreement between the FBI and CIA over the evidence in the case, however. Furthermore, some intelligence officials are puzzled about leaks from the FBI casting doubts on the intelligence community’s assessment, given that typically, the intelligence community and the FBI try to come to a consensus before going public with big investigations like this. President-elect Trump disputed the intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia intervened in the election to help his candidacy. “I think it’s ridiculous. But the CIA’s “high-confidence judgment” that Russian hacking favored Mr. Sens. Sen. Bipartisan Electors Ask James Clapper: Release Facts on Outside Interference in U.S. Election. Open Letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper: We are Electors who were selected by the voters of our states to represent them in the Electoral College on December 19, 2016.
We intend to discharge our duties as Electors by ensuring that we select a candidate for president who, as our Founding Fathers envisioned, would be “endowed with the requisite qualifications.” As Electors, we also believe that deliberation is at the heart of democracy itself, not an empty or formalistic task. We do not understand our sole function to convene in mid-December, several weeks after Election Day, and summarily cast our votes. To the contrary, the Constitution envisions the Electoral College as a deliberative body that plays a critical role in our system of government — ensuring that the American people elect a president who is constitutionally qualified and fit to serve. Separate from Mr. Signed, Christine Pelosi (CA) Micheal Baca (CO) Anita Bonds (DC) Courtney Watson (MD) 93-Year Journey From a Former Slave’s Lap to the Electoral College.
Photo Hazel Ingram has seen plenty of , as she has been cleaning the same offices at night in Midtown Manhattan for 61 years, half that time down the block from one of the buildings Mr.
Trump named for himself. Ms. Ingram, 93, still works 40 hours a week. On Thursday, while Mr. Born in 1923, Ms. She is committed to casting her ballots, in a voting booth in Brooklyn and as a member of the Electoral College, for , the Democratic nominee. “What does he know about being president?” In 1940, 75 years after the end of the Civil War, just three percent of the eligible African-American voters in the South were registered to vote. At 20, she moved to New York and lived with a family friend from Georgia. “I hadn’t seen a doctor in 37 years until 1999 when I fell in Caldor’s,” Ms. Asked the secret to a long, hearty life, she scoffed, then reeled off her diet. She joined a union that represented office cleaners in the 1950s. “Long as I’m on level ground, it’s like I’m 16 years old,” she said. Almost 1 in 4 Electoral College Dems demanding intel briefing. Nearly one in four Democrats on the Electoral College are now demanding an intelligence briefing on foreign interference in the presidential election — a call backed Monday by top advisers to Hillary Clinton.
By late Tuesday, 54 of the 232 Democratic presidential electors were calling on national intelligence director James Clapper to authorize a briefing ahead of the Electoral College's meeting on Dec. 19 to elect the next president. One Republican — Texas' Chris Suprun — has joined their call. Story Continued Below Throughout the day Tuesday, organizers of the letter added 45 additional names. The effort launched a day earlier with just 10 signers, including California elector Christine Pelosi, the daughter of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. R.Painter on Trump. 12/13/16: Donald Trump's Big Confirmation Test Will Focus on Russia. 8/15/16: Donald Trump’s Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia.
Electoral College must reject Trump unless he sells his business, top lawyers for Bush and Obama say.