Robin SmithToday, 538 electors will gather to uphold their role in our constitutional republic to officially cast ballots determining the United States president. That vote based on the states’ election results on Nov. 8 should be 306 electoral votes for Donald J. Trump and 232 for Hillary Clinton. If neither candidate reaches the lawful 270 needed, the U.S. House will convene to cast ballots for the purpose unfulfilled by the electors.
Currently, there are 247 Republican members of the House and 188 Democrats. Donald J. Trump will be the 45th president of the United States.
This reality is being rejected by many who, some organized via oppositional activism and others with raw emotion and hysterics, live in a parallel universe of blame aimed at various targets other than the true reason for Hillary Clinton’s loss.
The national headlines echo the refrain that Russians “hacked” our elections in a nefarious and illegal manner to aid Trump’s victory.
Let’s get to the most important point: Every effort to protect Americans through our personal emails, credit card purchases, election voter files, voting machine operations, health care data, electrical grids, banking systems, etc., should be a priority of our federal government in its role as defender of our national security. Sadly, either aggressively pursuing hackers has not been a priority, our government has failed, or both.