Trump's baseless assertions of voter fraud called 'stunning'

[moonshaz]

Without putting forth any evidence, the president-elect says he actually won the popular vote

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[shahar]

So a Texas elector is resigning rather than voting for him. I wish they would have went faithless. Maybe if he keeps the crazy up, we will see more faithless electors. Too hopeful?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elector-resigns-over-trump_us_583c6d91e4b000af95ef19df

edit: typo and html fail

[fuck_of_nature]

That's gross that he would resign rather than vote for the candidate he believes will better run this country. That was his job.

[shahar]

Agreed. The article made it sound like he hadn't officially resigned yet. Maybe he will have a change of heart.

[roseembolism]

Don't look at this as madness or stupidity; this is really Republican strategy for winning the next 40-80 years of elections.

Trump will loudly claim there was massive vote fraud, the media will go along, and the Republicans will use that to push through massive federal voter disenfranchisement laws. It will pass mister with the new Supreme Court, and millions of Democrats will have their right to vote removed, giving the Republicans a permanent majority. Hell, if they swing it right, they'll get enough of the Senate and governorships to get a Constitutional Convention.

So people need to stop doing the usual circular firing squad, or thinking of this as an aberration, of politics as usual.

[ayajedi]

smh