Hillary Clinton chosen as ‘elector’ and could cast key vote AGAINST Trump after election
HILLARY Clinton has been chosen as an “elector” and could cast a key vote against Donald Trump after the election.
The former presidential hopeful confirmed that she is one of 538 electors on Tuesday.
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Clinton has been chosen as an elector[/caption]“I’m an elector in New York,” Clinton told SiriusXM’s “Signal Boost.”
“I’m sure I’ll get to vote for Joe (Biden) and (Kamala Harris) in New York. So, that’s pretty exciting.”
Electors directly vote on the president and vice president of the United States.
There is an elector for every member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, with an additional three for those who live in the District of Columbia.
Clinton could vote against Trump[/caption]A president needs to receive 270 electoral votes to gain the majority of the Electoral College and win the presidential election.
Clinton — who was denied the White House in 2016 due to the system — has previously called for the electoral college to be abolished and for the president to instead be chosen based on the US popular vote.
Following the 2000 election, when former Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency – much like Clinton in 2016 – Clinton reinforced her dislike of the system.
“I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it’s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president,” she told reporters at the time.
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Hillary’s announcement came after Trump fired his latest shot at his rival during a rally on Wednesday when he called her “crooked, disgraceful, deplorable” and “irredeemable”.
However, Trump also gave Clinton a veiled compliment, calling her “smarter than Sleepy Joe” Biden.
The two have been locked in a bitter feud since before Trump topped Clinton in 2016, with both trading furious insults.
Prior to Trump’s latest attack, Hillary took a shot at the president by saying she gets “sick to her stomach” thinking about him being in the Oval Office for another four years.