A Republican elector from Texas says he is resigning his position instead of casting his vote for Donald Trump, calling the Electoral College “corrupted from its original intent” and saying voting for the president-elect would “bring dishonor to God.”
Art Sisneros was considering in August the possibility of becoming a so-called faithless elector, meaning he would refuse to vote for Trump if the GOP candidate won the Lone Star State and its 38 electoral votes in November.
In a Saturday blog post on his website, Sisneros said he had decided he was not comfortable defying his pledge to vote for his party’s nominee, but neither could he cast his vote for Trump.
“Since I can’t in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector,” Sisneros wrote. “This will allow the remaining body of electors to fill my vacancy when they convene on Dec. 19 with someone that can vote for Trump.”
His decision followed a previous post in which he posed the question of whether it was “acceptable for a Christian to vote for a man like Trump for president,” and concluded that he could not “in good conscience” do so.
“I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency,” he said in his Saturday post. “Of the hundreds of angry messages that I have received, not one has made a convincing case from Scripture otherwise. If Trump is not qualified and my role, both morally and historically, as an elected official is to vote my conscience, then I cannot and will not vote for Donald Trump for president.”
In the lengthy post, Sisneros explained his frustration with both progressives’ and conservatives’ approaches to the Electoral College and the failure to use the body in the way the founders intended, which Sisneros likened to parents acting “in the best interest of their children” even if in some cases their children desire otherwise.
“In most homes, kids do not have the right to eat Skittles for dinner. It is not in their best interest,” he wrote.
“The people will get their vote. They will get their Skittles for dinner,” he said. “I will sleep well at night knowing I neither gave in to their demands nor caved to my convictions. I will also mourn the loss of our republic.”
Meanwhile, a separate movement is openly lobbying for enough electors to refuse to vote for Trump.
Calling themselves the Hamilton Electors – a nod to Alexander Hamilton’s explanation of the Electoral College’s job as to ensure “the office of the President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications” – the group spurred by Democratic electors hopes to trigger the selection of another candidate through electors either changing their votes or abstaining from voting for Trump.
Electors are set to meet in their respective states across the country on Dec. 19 to formally cast their votes for president.
“saying voting for the president-elect would “bring dishonor to God.”
LOL………… PROLLY…………… SINCE IT WAS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION, A VOTE FOR EITHER ONE IS BULLSHIT.
SO NOW O’TRAUMA IS PRES….. SAME BOSS……………. BOTH ARE COMMUNIST NIGGERS……………..
Is his name Ted Cruz hopefully
Voting for anyone in a government that violates all 10 commandment in order to exist is morally wrong.
I CARE NOTHING FOR THOSE “COMMANDMENTS”, THAT ARE A CURSE…………VIOLATING MY BILL OF RIGHTS MAKES ME WANT TO HANG THEIR CHILDREN……………
HERES YER PROOF;
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Gal 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Gal 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Gal 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Gal 3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Gal 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. SO…….. TAKE YER “COMMANDMENTS” THAT YOU CANT YOURSELF “OBEY” AND SHOVE EM………JUST AS WELL BE CHASING AFTER THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD AS THE COMMANDMENTS FOR “RELIGION”, SINCE BOTH “SAVE” EQUALLY……
“…..calling the Electoral College “corrupted from its original intent”
But for some reason, that didn’t stop him from holding the position in the first place.
“I do not see how Donald Trump is biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency,”
He’s not Biblically qualified? How about Jim Baker & first lady Tammy Faye? Would they have been acceptable?
Someone, somewhere said something about a separation between church and state in this country, and if you can’t differentiate between the two, you probably shouldn’t hold any government position.
“… he posed the question of whether it was “acceptable for a Christian to vote for a man like Trump for president,” and concluded that he could not “in good conscience” do so.”
I don’t see how that same logic doesn’t apply to every scumbag POS jewb#tch he voted for BEFORE Chump came along.
IF YOUR “RELIGION” VIOLATES THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THEN YOU DISOBEY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR SURE………………………..
THE LAW OF GODS PEOPLE IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS… ………..OR ….”DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO TO YOU………..”
ROMANS 13 WAS A LETTER TO THE CHURCH IN ROME. IT EXPLAINS HOW TO KEEP YOUR NOGGIN OUY OF THE FIRE………….
Give me a flippin break, Trumps Religion has not changed from the beginning, you knew that when you started, you made a commitment you had a job to do, and you need to do it simple as that. I would not hire you for any job.