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2024

Republicans Renominate the Fake Electors Who Lied That Trump Won in 2020

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EMILY ELCONIN

Despite Donald Trump seemingly admitting last month that he had indeed lost the 2020 presidential election, MAGAworld continues to celebrate election denial with the renomination of fake electors who had tried to submit for Trump in 2020 after he lost the vote in those states.

Republican parties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Nevada have renominated 14 of the 84 fake electors from the 2020 election. The renominations were first reported by the Guardian.

These electors, whose job as part of the electoral college is to to put forth a vote for president and vice president that reflects the vote of their respective state, had submitted certificates declaring Trump the victor in their states in 2020, despite the majority of voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Nevada voting for Joe Biden. A number of the fake electors, who were charged with forgery and conspiracy among other charges, claimed that they were acting on Trump’s orders.

Read more at The Daily Beast.