Freedom Caucus leader says North Carolina should consider giving Trump its electors before votes are counted

[highplainsdem]

Source: Politico

The chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says the North Carolina Legislature should consider allocating the state’s presidential electors to Donald Trump even before votes are counted in the swing state.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said Thursday that such a step by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature “makes a lot of sense” given the devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene in the western part of the state. Counties in that region are expected to vote heavily for Trump.

Potential difficulties with voting in the hurricane-damaged area would be a basis for the state Legislature to declare in advance that Trump should win the state’s 16 electoral votes, Harris said at a Republican Party dinner in Maryland’s Talbot County.

“You statistically can go and say, ‘Look, you got disenfranchised in 25 counties. You know what that vote probably would have been,’” Harris said during an exchange with a speaker at the dinner. “Which would be — if I were in the Legislature — enough to go, ‘Yeah we have to convene the legislature. We can’t disenfranchise the voters.’”

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/25/trump-freedom-caucus-north-carolina-electors-00185520

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I was expecting something like this...

[Walleye]

1. Nope, sorry. The people of North Carolina will determine who their electors are. It's always done that way.

How do they know those people in those counties would vote for Trump anyway after all this shit. Making a lot of assumptions ignoring the fact that women are going to come out for Kamala.

[TBF]

2. Good lord - they are DETERMINED to cheat. nt

[TwilightZone]

3. If the circumstances weren't so dire, this would be hilarious.

It's so ridiculously transparent that the guy should be mercilessly mocked for it.

[everyonematters]

4. The Constitution says there will be an election. That's not an election.

[dweller]

5. " We can't disenfranchise the voters"

So we will disenfranchise the voters

Fuckhead should stick to his own state


✌🏻

[JoseBalow]

8. I was going to post the exact same thing

It's just absurd.

[Wiz Imp]

6. So now we have a Republican Congressman openly trying to interfere in a STATE'S election

It's true, you think they've hit a new low and can't go any lower then they prove you longer the very next day.

[dalton99a]

7. Another Hungarian Nazi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Harris_(politician)

Harris's father was Zoltán Harris, an anesthesiologist and member of a Hungarian pro-Nazi paramilitary group who was born in Miskolc, Hungary, in 1911 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1950.[3] His mother, Irene (Koczerzuk), was born in Zarice, Poland.[4][5] Harris was born in New York, grew up in Queens, and attended Regis High School in Manhattan.[6]

Harris earned his BS in biology (1977) and his MD (1980) from Johns Hopkins University. The university's Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health conferred his MHS in 1995 in health policy and management and health finance and management.[4]

Harris served in the Navy Medical Corps and the U.S. Naval Reserve as a commander on active duty during Operation Desert Storm.[4] He previously worked as an anesthesiologist, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, and as chief of obstetric anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Harris also served as commanding officer for the Johns Hopkins Naval Reserve Medical Unit from 1989 to 1992.[4]

[Marthe48]

11. That's a long line of disgrace

and wasted chances of enlightenment. Shame on him and his nazi ancestor.

[GB_RN]

12. The Road Apple...

Doesn’t fall far from the asshole. 😁

[highplainsdem]

16. Thanks!

[onetexan]

9. LOL this is just friggin wierd and stupid

Trying the same ol crap they've tried before - purging voter rolls, suppressing votes, & going against the will of the ppl by giving EVs to their candidate. This shit is gettin old but they know they w lose every time.

[ToxMarz]

10. So he's confidant that Trump will lose the election there?

Otherwise it wouldn't be so urgent. He's closer to the ground there than I am so, EXCELLENT!!!

[Grokenstein]

13. "You know what that vote probably would have been"

Go to Hell as quickly as you possibly can, asshole.

[Old Crank]

14. Fascist Causcus

Is what it needs to be called.

[MistakenLamb]

15. Clown says "we can't disenfranchise voters while disenfranchising the voters...

[LisaL]

17. And I don't think there are any issues with voting in NC.

Already over 2 millions early voted in NC.

[ck4829]

18. Chilling