It is official……..Electoral College goes in favor of Trump despite protests

December 19, 2016 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

Angry protests fizzled and Donald Trump has now officially won enough electoral votes to claim the White House, with Texas putting him over the edge late Monday afternoon. Some activists screamed

President Elect Donald Trump and Vice President Elect Mike Pence on their victory tour over the weekend (PBS photo)

President Elect Donald Trump and Vice President Elect Mike Pence on their victory tour over the weekend (PBS photo)

and predicted violent deaths for Americans at the hands of Mr. Trump, begging electors to switch their votes to his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. But Republicans maintained ranks and officially selected the billionaire businessman the 45th president. “Today we walk through history together,” said Robert Gleason, chairman of the Pennsylvania GOP, said as he led the proceedings in his state — one of several Rust Belt and midwestern states to flip, delivering the GOP the White House once again. Claims of “dozens” of GOP electors prepared to ditch Mr. Trump didn’t materialize. Indeed, Mrs. Clinton seemed to suffer worse in the actual voting. Please click on the link to read the story from Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times.

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