Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Matthew Rozsa — Donald Trump’s campaign is threatening “political reprisal” for defecting Republican electors

Donald Trump’s campaign is pressuring Republican electors into voting for them under “threats of political reprisal,” according to a member of the Electoral College who spoke to Salon under the condition of anonymity.

“We have gotten reports from multiple people,” the elector said, “that the Donald Trump campaign is putting pressure on Republican electors to vote for him based on . . . future political outcomes based on whether they vote for Donald Trump or not.”
The elector emphasized that these reports had come straight from the Republican electors themselves, with the threats steering clear of violence but instead focusing on “career pressure.”
“It’s all political, basically,” the elector said. “If Trump becomes the president, he’s going to be able to put pressure on the state parties and they won’t be involved anymore.”….
This is a surprise? It goes without saying. Trump's policy is getting even. And it is not unique to DJT. It's SOP in politics.

Salon
Source: Donald Trump’s campaign is threatening “political reprisal” for defecting Republican electors
Matthew Rozsa

2 comments:

Bill3 said...

The word revenge is a tad harsh here. Its not just in politics... its life. If you act in a faithless way to harm a person (and a party and a country) they're going to retaliate or make it cost you. Its not immoral or even amoral.

Matt Franko said...

Trump has cited as one of his favorite Bible verses "an eye for an eye..." from the OT...