A slickly produced video (embedded below) is promoting the idea that "37 patriots can save this country" — that is, if only 37 Republican members of the 538-person electoral college decline to support Donald Trump, Mr. Trump would lack the majority of electors needed to become president. It seems like a long shot to me, but what really caught my eye were the three images that the video used to go with the phrase "choose an alternative president." They were pictures of Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, and John Kasich. Mr. Bloomberg declined to run and endorsed Hillary Clinton. Mr. Romney declined to run in 2016 and lost the general election when he ran in 2012. Mr. Kasich was roundly defeated by Mr. Trump in the Republican primaries. It seems to me that for the electors to take the presidency away from Mr. Trump and give it to one of these three guys would be not only farfetched, but profoundly unjust and undemocratic.
Hamilton Electors
https://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2016/11/hamilton-electors
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