Leaked witness testimony from pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro allegedly reveals how the former president’s aides scrambled to overturn the 2020 election
Donald Trump’s campaign team physically flew “fake elector” ballots across the country to Washington DC in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election, a new report claims.
According to CNN, leaked witness testimony from a Michigan state investigation shows how Mr Trump’s aides scrambled to deliver the allegedly fraudulent paperwork to vice president Mike Pence before he could certify the election results.
The so-called “fake electors” plot hinged on the fact that American presidents are not directly elected by the people, but rather by 538 “electors” who are selected by their states based on the outcome of the vote.
Mr Trump’s team allegedly pressured state legislators to ignore the vote and choose their electors by fiat. When that did not work, they assembled their own group of electors with no legal standing and pushed vice president Mike Pence to accept it instead of the real ones.
That certainly describes the people we’ve seen on tv and the internet and outside his rallies but I’d venture to guess the larger segment of Trump voters are just rank and file Republicans who have little interest in politics. There sure are hateful people in this country who’ve found a leader to represent their long-stifled voice. Don’t ignore those who couldn’t care less or those who only care about one thing though. They aren’t ever voting for a D or a catholic or an octogenarian. Because powerful corporations and politicians, the RNC / DNC, religious leaders, etc. have rewired people’s brains. Sometimes it’s not their fault - it’s not cruelty, it’s ignorance and laziness. I think the ignorant and lazy can and should be helped.
I don’t know if this is a larger issue than a sitting president trying to overturn an election but the two party system, the system that often promotes voting against a candidate, is, I think, worth spending more time discussing. We need Ranked Choice Voting in this country for all primary elections.
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