The Democrat's 'Fake Elector' charge is Election Interference Plain and Simple.
Trump's Legal Challenges in Georgia: A Historical Perspective
By Alexander Muse ·
The media has been abuzz with headlines about Trump's "fake" electors. However, a deeper dive into the matter reveals a different narrative. Trump's legal team, in their quest to challenge the election results in Georgia, took a page out of history, mirroring a strategy used during the 1960 presidential election involving John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in Hawaii.
In 1960, the election results in Hawaii were contested, with initial counts favoring Nixon. However, legal challenges by the Democrats led to the appointment of contingent electors, who eventually cast their votes for Kennedy. This move was based on the premise that if legal challenges were successful, the contingent electors would ensure the state's electoral votes were counted correctly.
Fast forward to 2020, Trump's legal team, faced with similar challenges in Georgia, adopted the same strategy. They appointed contingent Republican electors to preserve the ongoing legal challenges to Georgia's certified vote. This move was not a whimsical decision by Trump's lawyers but was rooted in the precedent set in Hawaii six decades ago.
However, the media's portrayal of these electors as "fake" is misleading. In both the 1960 and 2020 scenarios, the contingent electors were appointed to ensure that legal challenges had a chance to play out before the final certification of electoral votes.
The key difference between the two situations lies in the timeliness of the legal proceedings. While the Hawaii state court promptly addressed Kennedy's legal challenge, the Fulton County court in Georgia delayed proceedings, pushing the first hearing to two days after Congress had already certified the 2020 election results.
In conclusion, the narrative of "fake electors" is a misrepresentation of a legally sound strategy rooted in historical precedent. The real question now is how the legal proceedings in Georgia will unfold and whether they will lead to any significant revelations. Don’t let the Democrats fool you there were never any “fake electors.
