Originally Posted by
twistNshout
Here is exactly where and why they failed:
Electoral College failed – on two important counts - to perform their duty. First and foremost, Alexander Hamilton (one of the most important, and most conservative and nationalistic, of the Founding Fathers) explained that the members of the Electoral College were established to ensure “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” Very, VERY serious questions have been raised about whether Mr. Trump has the experience, character, judgment, knowledge, integrity or temperament to serve as President. Frankly, he doesn’t – and has demonstrably shown us so on almost a daily basis. The Electoral College failed to discern Mr. Trump’s multiple and, grave shortcomings.
Secondly, the members of the Electoral College further abdicated their sacrosanct duty by flat out ignoring their charge – again, as explained by Hamilton - to protect the country against “the desire of foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils . . . by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union.” The Russians, under the direction of Trump’s pal, Putin, played a significant role in manipulating information available to the American people in an effort to influence the election – and again, the members of the Electoral College didn’t have the guts to do the right thing.