The Last Time They Tried to Steal an Election – Noah Rothman, Commentary Magazine
Last Friday, a Politico report itemizing the steps Joe Biden s campaign has taken to ensure that the Electoral College affirmed the results of the November elections incorporated a valuable historical footnote: The intensity of the threats Biden electors have faced so far, three days before they vote, pales in comparison with the 2016 lobbying effort, the report read. What lobbying effort was that? Follow the trail back four years, and we re reminded of the unrelenting public and private campaign to block Donald Trump s ascension to the presidency.
In 2016, the plotters mapped out a harebrained scheme to compel enough electors to abdicate their roles and prevent either candidate from winning the 270 votes they needed to secure the White House, thus throwing the contest to the House of Representatives. Funny enough, that was Donald Trump s plan in 2020, too.