Politico: Trump is being encouraged to invite state lawmakers from key swing states to the WH

[sabra]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/19/trump-theatrics-election-fights-fizzle-438539



Meanwhile, the president is being egged on by a handful of diehard loyalists and longtime aides like Giuliani, senior aide Stephen Miller and Trump social-media guru Dan Scavino, indicating no retreat is in sight.

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Trump’s outreach to state lawmakers is part of that push, according to a campaign official familiar with the situation. The official said some Trump aides and allies are encouraging Trump to invite state lawmakers from key swing states — who have a role in certifying their state results — to the White House.

There, Trump can lean on them to circumvent the official vote count and simply appoint electors who would award the state’s electoral votes to Trump. Typically, state legislatures, as a formality, simply sign off on the electors chosen by the winning party once the vote tally is complete. States must settle on their electors by Dec. 8, before the Electoral College meets to vote on Dec. 14.

On Friday, Trump will make his first foray in this venture, hosting the top-two leaders of Michigan’s Republican-controlled legislature at the White House, according to a senior administration official. Both lawmakers have previously told local media outlets they are not looking at appointing Trump-friendly electors.

[dchill]

1. Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino - what a brain trust.

Did they go to Jared?

[Nevilledog]

2. This is the very definition of election interference.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. And the gop is going to do it, watch...they are going to give him the election

[qazplm135]

9. Ffs stop it

He's not going to win

[msongs]

3. sounds suspiciously like election tampering to me nt

[Kaleva]

4. Part of the article is not accurate.

"Typically, state legislatures, as a formality, simply sign off on the electors chosen by the winning party once the vote tally is complete. "

In Michigan, the legislature has no role in assigning electors. That task is the responsibility of the SOS.

[Marcuse]

6. He wants to make them an offer they can't refuse

[MFM008]

7. I thought the supreme court

had ruled they cannot do this.
They cant just change their electors???????????????

[Takket]

8. SCOTUS ruled electors cannot be "faithless", i.e. voting for someone other than the state's winner