Jim Himes Denies He’s Calling on Electors to Overturn the Will of the Voter

‘I’m not asking them not necessarily to overturn the will of the people but to consider why they exist’

HIMES: "I’m not asking them not necessarily to overturn the will of the people but to consider why they exist and to consider the question of whether in Alexander Hamilton’s phrase, and Hamilton is one of the reasons we have an Electoral College, Donald Trump is temperamentally suited to be president. Make no mistake, this is not a partisan thing. Yes, I supported Hillary Clinton but all of Donald Trump’s partisan ideas, repealing the ACA, building the wall, that stuff is in bounds. What is not in bounds, what is way out of bounds, is running an international business empire, not doing what you need to do to avoid conflict of interest. What is not in bounds is criticizing the CIA and the intelligence community in a dangerous world and standing up for the Kremlin. It’s not in bounds to tweet lies about two to three million fraudulent votes. All of these things raise questions about whether this man is temperamentally fit to be president of the United States."

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