Cowardice is a sin…btw.
He’s right.
Good for him.
Biblically? Or just flat out unqualified?
Translation: “I have to resign instead of going rogue because the crazy methbilly yahoos down here would shoot me if I did.”
But if he’s resigning and allowing them to install someone else who will vote for Donald, how exactly is he standing up for anything other than his right to feel better about himself? He’ll mourn the loss of the republic which he could have helped prevent.
The electors’ names are not private, right?
Surely they are having some private conversations…
He’s a disaster of biblical proportions but I don’t get the “biblically qualified”. Where, pray tell, is that little nugget? Or is this another case of a fundi translating the bible to suit?
The poor tortured soul.
The 1st Amendment grants him the absolute freedom to practice his religion, i.e., not vote for Trump because he is not “biblically qualified to serve in the office of the Presidency.” Even if he believes that he “sinfully made a pledge” to vote for Trump, Evangelicals are always forgiven their sins so what’s his problem.
He could vote against Trump, but would be fined. He’s just avoiding the fine, and presenting himself as a hero.
A profile in courage? Perhaps a protest, but weak tea.
Thus, Pilate took water and washed his hands of it.
“Biblically qualified”? What the fuck is this anti-American bullshit?
Well, maybe we can celebrate one less Xian fundie in a position of power.
people can rationalize anything… even their own moral cowardice and refusal to accept a job that’s actually defined in the Constitution and allows one to do the right thing…
there might be some Texas law allowing the state to try to fine him but it would never pass a real Constitutional review at the Federal level…
What are the qualifications to become an elector, as being a nut case apparently isn’t a disqualification. If one needed proof about why the Electoral College should be demolished this guy is it, with his tortured consideration of “biblical” standards. It should be simple enough to not vote for Trump if you have half a brain and can see that he is a dangerous sociopathic bulsh*t artist con man. That’s a common sense standard that should be applied, the Bible notwithstanding.
It’s little more than a sinecure these days for low/mid-level party functionaries
TLDR: “Sucks about The Republic, but the important thing is really that my pious ass can sleep soundly at night.”