Donald Trump will win 304 electoral votes in today’s “certification” election, as Hillary Clinton loses again. Trump held on to all but two of his 306 electoral votes, despite the so called ‘celebrity” commercials telling electors to vote for someone else. Hillary Clinton actually lost electoral votes today. One Texas elector votes for John Kasich, while one other voted for Ron Paul. Clinton lost four electoral votes in Washington, so I guess the “vote your conscious” campaign wasn’t a complete waste of time and money.
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Just in: 36 of 38 Texas electors vote for Trump. One voted for Ron Paul and another for John Kasich.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) December 19, 2016
Texas electors cast 36 votes for Trump.
Trump is officially the President-elect.— Artisan Florissant (@artiofab) December 19, 2016
BREAKING: Two Texas electors broke rank; one for Ron Paul and one for John Kasich. However, @realDonaldTrump will be the next #POTUS!??
— GregC (@grliho) December 19, 2016
All of the bloviating, all of the crying, all of the whining accomplished two things. Trump winning the most electoral votes by a Republican since 1988, and Hillary Clinton losing electoral votes to another party. Hillary Clinton’s historic achievement today, in losing 3 votes to Republican Collin Powell. The other Hillary Clinton defector went to Faith Spotted Eagle. An Indian American woman who finally broke the class ceiling. All in all, pretty impressive feat by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.