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Over in Freeperville, they're all wet over "Alternate GOP Electors" giving Trump the win. (Original Post) Progressive Jones Dec 2020 OP
It has to do with Congressional contestation and which slate gets accepted Sympthsical Dec 2020 #1
Apparently today leftieNanner Dec 2020 #10
They completely missed the whole "certification" portion of electoral law Sympthsical Dec 2020 #12
Kayleigh McEnany is a Harvard graduate. n/t Yavin4 Dec 2020 #26
Which raises the idea Mr.Bill Dec 2020 #31
What they did or attempted to do may well be against the law. thucythucy Dec 2020 #19
Nothing ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #2
We went from Alt Right to Alt Electors. Yavin4 Dec 2020 #27
they think elector cosplayers are the same as the real thing... Thomas Hurt Dec 2020 #3
They're presidential electors in the same sense that this guy is... Yavin4 Dec 2020 #28
Holy Bat-gut, Batman!!! COLGATE4 Dec 2020 #32
In the contested by -45 states... 2naSalit Dec 2020 #4
Okay ... time to say it again ... FakeNoose Dec 2020 #5
Loser MAGAt's being Loser MAGAt's aeromanKC Dec 2020 #6
It's adorable. They all gathered in blanket forts in Steve Miller's basement The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #7
did they all make cute little swastika flags nt msongs Dec 2020 #11
Duh huh huh, uh... huh huh huh... huh huh huh... Blue Owl Dec 2020 #8
That's a fake MAGAt! It's not screaming. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #30
Alternate electors, alternate facts...they live in an alternte reality. captain queeg Dec 2020 #9
It's about being so pathetic that you literally Downtown Hound Dec 2020 #13
Now that Trump has won the Alternate Electoral College chriscan64 Dec 2020 #14
Alternate Reality JHB Dec 2020 #15
Pity there's no Matrix for them to go into and enjoy their delusional fantasies. tanyev Dec 2020 #16
I see many dismissing this too so that's a good sign. Kaleva Dec 2020 #17
"Alternate" intelligence. C_U_L8R Dec 2020 #18
"All wet" is a very unfortunate expression as you used it. MineralMan Dec 2020 #20
Huh. Initially I took it to mean they were salivating LSFL Dec 2020 #24
They are emotionaling seceding from the Union. Trump is their Jefferson Davis and they TeamPooka Dec 2020 #21
Cargo cult struggle4progress Dec 2020 #22
How's that working out for them ? CentralMass Dec 2020 #23
Saw the guys in the parking lot in Nevada... jcgoldie Dec 2020 #25
They're actually invoking Tilden-Hayes, and think these alternate slates are legit Tarc Dec 2020 #29

Sympthsical

(9,073 posts)
1. It has to do with Congressional contestation and which slate gets accepted
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:22 PM
Dec 2020

It's not even a Hail Mary. It's a fundraising scheme. It has zero chance of working.

But people will keep sending money, and by questioning Biden's legitimacy, they'll feel perfectly justified in going with Obama era obstruction on steroids.

It's a plan. And the plan is not to retain Trump.

leftieNanner

(15,082 posts)
10. Apparently today
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:27 PM
Dec 2020

A number of "electors" in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Michigan printed out fake affidavits and signed them - ostensibly as votes for Trump. I think they even sent some of them in! The Republican electors in Michigan tried to enter the building to submit their votes and the police would not let them in. HA!

It's nuts.

Some of the looneys are planning to contest the electoral vote count on January 6th in Congress. Jim Jordan, Louis Gomert and other such stellar operators have PLANS!!

Good luck with that, boys.

Sympthsical

(9,073 posts)
12. They completely missed the whole "certification" portion of electoral law
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:31 PM
Dec 2020

Nothing they do today has been certified by any state official with the power to do so.

But we're not exactly dealing with Harvard graduates here.

thucythucy

(8,047 posts)
19. What they did or attempted to do may well be against the law.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:59 PM
Dec 2020

It's ironic that the folks screaming "election fraud" are the ones now actually committing it.

"Printing out fake affidavits" and trying to pass them off as real is probably against the law, in which case all these folks should be prosecuted.

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
2. Nothing
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:22 PM
Dec 2020

It's about nothing.
Made up alternate electors.
Well, let's play.
I got together a group of alternate electors, & Biden won 538-0.
I can make stuff up, too!

2naSalit

(86,562 posts)
4. In the contested by -45 states...
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:24 PM
Dec 2020

There were groups of assholes claiming to be electors and they tried to cast phony votes thinking they would be counted instead..? There are a couple videos of them floating around DU.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,679 posts)
7. It's adorable. They all gathered in blanket forts in Steve Miller's basement
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:25 PM
Dec 2020

and had unsupervised fun all day playing Alternate Elector. Steve's mom came downstairs with cookies and cocoa when they were done, collected the crayons and the sheets of construction paper they voted on, and promised them that she'd mail their votes to Congress tomorrow morning right after she takes Steve to daycare at the White House.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
13. It's about being so pathetic that you literally
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:32 PM
Dec 2020

allow yourself to believe that fantasy cosplayers are the same deal as the real thing.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
14. Now that Trump has won the Alternate Electoral College
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:32 PM
Dec 2020

he can be president of Alternate America, wherever that is.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
17. I see many dismissing this too so that's a good sign.
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:43 PM
Dec 2020

I get a sense that the Kraken box office bomb and the recent action by SCOTUS has taken the wind out of the sails for some over there and they have accepted defeat.

LSFL

(1,109 posts)
24. Huh. Initially I took it to mean they were salivating
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 11:05 PM
Dec 2020

Or drooling.
You are correct of course, Mineral Man.

TeamPooka

(24,221 posts)
21. They are emotionaling seceding from the Union. Trump is their Jefferson Davis and they
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 09:01 PM
Dec 2020

are building their New Confederacy for which trump will charge them rent.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
25. Saw the guys in the parking lot in Nevada...
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 11:12 PM
Dec 2020

...seemed like some losers at a dead show who didn't have tickets...

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
29. They're actually invoking Tilden-Hayes, and think these alternate slates are legit
Mon Dec 14, 2020, 11:19 PM
Dec 2020

forgetting the tiny fact that they have no legitimization from favorable court rulings, governors, etc... hence their parking lot votes.

No challenge will be affirmed by both House and Senate when the counting time comes. VP Pence is not going to wave Magic Jesus Dust on the electoral vote box and make more votes for Trump appear.

FReepers are degenerate swine.

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