Trump Allies Push Fake Electors as the Loss Settles In
On December 14, Trump allies in multiple battleground states pressed ahead with alternate elector slates and false paperwork, a move designed to create the appearance of competing outcomes after the election was already lost. The stunt gave Trump’s post-election effort a more organized, document-heavy look, but it also handed critics a clean example of how far the campaign was willing to go to muddy certified results.
First recorded Dec 14, 2020·Meaningfully updated Dec 14, 2020
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Trump Allies Push Fake Electors as the Loss Settles In
On December 14, Trump allies in multiple battleground states pressed ahead with alternate elector slates and false paperwork, a move designed to create the appearance of competing outcomes after the election was already lost. The stunt gave Trump’s post-election effort a more organized, document-heavy look, but it also handed critics a clean example of how far the campaign was willing to go to muddy certified results.
On December 14, Trump allies in multiple battleground states pressed ahead with alternate elector slates and false paperwork, a move designed to create the appearance of competing outcomes after the election was already lost. The stunt gave Trump’s post-election effort a more organized, document-heavy look, but it also handed critics a clean example of how far the campaign was willing to go to muddy certified result…
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