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Many people want the the Electoral College to deny Trump the Presidency today. Some of the chief reasoning behind denying him is the fact that Russia "hacked the election", and that Alexander Hamilton warned about candidates winning under foreign influence.
Putting the popular vote (which everyone knew meant nothing before the election) and Trump's business issues aside, why is it fair to reject trump over Russia? I can understand rejecting him if there was definitive evidence that his campaign colluded with Putin, but there is not. By all appearances, the Russian government acted in its own interests.
Rejecting Trump over something that he had no control over is really quite stupid. That would be akin to telling a lottery winner to return their money, because some unrelated person tampered with the number drawing. I am pretty sure that most people would be peeved if they were punished for something they had no control over.
Putting the popular vote (which everyone knew meant nothing before the election) and Trump's business issues aside, why is it fair to reject trump over Russia? I can understand rejecting him if there was definitive evidence that his campaign colluded with Putin, but there is not. By all appearances, the Russian government acted in its own interests.
Rejecting Trump over something that he had no control over is really quite stupid. That would be akin to telling a lottery winner to return their money, because some unrelated person tampered with the number drawing. I am pretty sure that most people would be peeved if they were punished for something they had no control over.