TEAM 8 HAS THE FORECAST.
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GOOD EVENING...I'M SCOTT
MC-DONNELL.
POLITICIANS ARE ENGAGING IN A
WAR OF WORDS ON áTWITTERá.
A TWEET FROM 4TH DISTRICT
CONGRESSMAN "JIM HIMES"
TARGETING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE... ITS
STIRRING UP SOCIAL MEDIA
TONIGHT.....AND THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT. CHIEF
POLITICAL CORRESONDENT MARK
DAVIS JOINS US FROM THE
HARTFORD NEWSROOM WITH MORE,
GOOD EVENING MARK.GOOD
EVENING.
A GROWING NUMBER OF
MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, INCLUDING
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS,
ARE ASKING FOR AN
INTELLEGENCE BRIEFING ON
ALLEDGED FOREIGN COMPUTER
HACKING DURING THE
ELECTION.
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(NATS) "YOUR
DUTIES AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR
TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY,
SO HELP SO HELP YOU
GOD." IN JUST SIX
DAYS...IN CEREMONIES LIKE THIS
IN EVERY STATE, PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTORS WILL BE
SWORN IN TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS
FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THEY'RE APPOINTED BY THE
POLITICAL PARTIES AND ARE
SWORN TO VOTE FOR
THEIR PARTY NOMINEE IF THAT
PERSON GETS THE MOST POPULAR
VOTES IN THE STATE.
AFTER THE VOTES ARE CAST,
THEY ARE SEALED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE
STATE AND SENT TO WASHINGTON
SO THE RESULTS CAN FORMALLY BE
ANNOUNCED IN THE
U.S. SENATE NEXT MONTH.
WHEN YOU VOTED LAST
MONTH, YOU DID NOT ACTUALLY
VOTE FOR CLINTON OR TRUMP.IF
YOU LOOKED CLOSELY AT YOUR
BALLOT YOU SAW AT THE TOP YOU
WERE VOTING FOR
"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
CLINTON" OR "PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTORS FOR TRUMP."
BUT CONNECTICUT 4TH DISTRICT
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JIM
HIMES IS URGING A
DISRUPTION OF THIS PROCESS
BECAUSE PRESIDENT-
ELECT TRUMP IS NOT
WILLING TO ACCEPT CIA
CONCLUSIONS THAT RUSSIA
INTERFERED WITH
THE ELECTION IN HIS FAVOR.
IN A TWEET, HIMES SAID
"WE'RE 5 WEEKS FROM
INAUGURATION & THE
PRESIDENT ELECT IS COMPLETLY
UNHINGED. THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE MUST DO
WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR."
[HIMES] "WHAT REALLY DID IT
FOR ME WAS WHEN HE REALLY
UNDERCUT AND
DELEGITIMIZED THE CIA AND THE
INTELLEGENCE COMMUNITY AND
STOOD UP FOR THE
KREMLIN." HIMES
SAYS HE DOESN'T EXPECT TO
SUCCEED IN GETTING ELECTORS
TO REJECT TRUMP ON
MONDAY BECAUSE STATES HAVE
PASSED LAWS
REQUIRING ELECTORS TO VOTE FOR
THE PERSON THAT WON THE
POPULAR VOTE IN THEIR
STATE. WHILE
SAYING HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT
WILL CHANGE THE RESULTS OF
THE ELECTION EITHER;
GOVERNOR MALLOY SAID
TODAY THAT HE THINKS THE
INTELLEGENCE AGENCIES
SHOULD PUT OUT ALL THE
INFORMATION THEY HAVE TO THE
ENTIRE PUBLIC
BEFORE MONDAY.[MALLOY]
"RATHER THAN HAVING A
CONSPIRACY FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS, WHY DON'T
THEY JUST PUT ALL THE
INFOMATION OUT?"
IN A STATEMENT,
CONNECTICUT REPUBLICAN PARTY
CHAIRMAN J-R ROMANO
SAYS; "LIBERALS LIKE JIM
HIMES CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT
THAT AMERICA REJECTED
THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX...
TELL CONGRESSMAN HIMES THAT
THE ELECTION IS O-V-E-R.YOU
CAN FIND OUT WHO THE MEMBERS
OF THE ELECTORIAL COLLEGE
MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORIAL
COLLEGE ARE THAT WILL
BE VOTING HERE IN CONNECTICUT
ON MONDAY, BY COMIING
TO OUR WEBSITE, OR THE NEWS 8
APP ON YOUR SMART
PHONE AND CLICKING ON THIS
STORY.LIVE FROM THE HARTFORD
NEWSROOM, MARK DAVIS,
NEWS 8.
