Convincing Republican Electors: DOs and DON'Ts

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

DON'T:
-Talk about the popular vote (exception if it's referring to Clinton being the only viable option besides Trump, but still downplay it)
-Talk about the electoral college's viability (you may even want to praise it for "giving small states a voice&quot
-Talk about the Russian hacking whatsoever
-Talk about Trump's racism, misogyny, or xenophobia
-Talk about his campaign
-Talk about voter fraud
-Talk about immigrants
-Talk about civil rights
-Talk about abortion
-Talk about anything LGBTQ
-Talk too much about his business conflicts


DO:

-Present yourself as a lifelong commie-fearing republican (Trump-voter for added measure)
---Mention Trump's admiration for Putin (use direct quotes) and how Putin is an ex-KGB modern Czar
-Mention tyranny regarding Trump targeting free speech, and rallying his base to attack and jail citizens and journalists
---Refer to this as a slippery slope towards communism
-----Mention the union boss attacked by his followers
-----Mention he'll have the NSA/CIA/FBI at his disposal
-----Mention how first amendment rights being stripped will directly tie into the repeal of the second amendment
--------("He's gonna take away our guns!&quot
-Refer to Hillary as "evil" or "crooked" but in purely monetary ways that will not influence daily life much
---Convince them that congress will keep her defanged
-------("Put her feet to the fire.&quot
---Throw in a line about her being impeached immediately and casting their vote for her would be like voting for Tim Kaine instead
-Sprinkle in some casual misogyny like "Man up", "Be a man and do the right thing", "Don't be a wimp"
-Associate Trump with wanting to be a part-time president
---Compare this to Reagan (make up some bullshit)
---Draw a connection between him and Hollywood elites since he's staying on to produce the Apprentice

Key Talking Points:
-Carrier deal
---Call it "socialist" and mention a "nanny state"
---How he attacked unions and his followers began sending him death threats
-Boeing and the F-35 program
---Tanking the stocks caused/will cause massive layoffs
---Boeing and the F-35 production provide hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide (probably some in their home state, look it up if you have the time)
-Elitism
---Trump's cabinet
-----Wall street douchebags
-----Rick Perry was on Dancing With The Stars
-----His doners are getting cushy jobs in high posts despite having no qualifications (say "pay-to-play"; but don't mention the double standard with HRC)
-----Talk about his children ("I elected that man, not his childen&quot
-Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security
---Talk about how he'll take them away
---Talk about veterans who survive on them
-Foreigners
---Talk about Putin's history of oppression
---Talk about Duterte (mention his quote about wanting to gang rape someone or his death squads)
---Talk about how Assad wants to make nice with Trump (throw in some illogical stuff about that bringing refuges)

GENERAL RULE: Make the elector see themselves as an American patriot for voting for Clinton. Make them feel like a brave warrior who sacrificed themselves and their principles (we all know they're great at sacrificing those) for a greater good. Liken them to the American revolutionaries who rejected King George. That this is the modern equivalent of the Boston Tea Party. How they'll go down in history as "The Faithful Electors of 2016".

Keep your language simple. Try to sound like your parents do in emails. If you need to quote, quote from the federalist papers and George Washington's farewell address. No Lincoln,JFK,Roosevelt if you can.

If you feel bad about lying in an email, that it's deceptive, let me remind you: All election season Republicans have compromised every single ideal, moral, and value that they held dear just to get their guy elected. We need to do the same now. This is do or die guys.

[Joe941]

1. I'm not sure I'm that good of an actor.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

2. Check your soul at the door

Colbert’s advice to other correspondents: “Check your soul at the door.”
Rob Corddry and Ed Helms call it “invaluable” advice for doing the kind of field pieces the show was famous for. “When you’re in the field, you’re in the character of a correspondent. You are going to suck them dry like a lamprey until you get everything you can out of this interview,” explains Colbert. “That behavior has to be cold-blooded. What you’re doing might get on you — the badness of what you are doing — and you don’t want to get it on your soul.”

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3. Gee. There's no chance that this message won't get forwarded to repub electors warning them

about such appeals.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

4. Well if they read it then in itself it'd be a compelling argument against Trump

because everything there is true.

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5. I doubt that repub electors would find anything identified with DU to be compelling

no matter how compelling it actually is.