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Tennessee electoral college casts votes for Trump

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By Staff Report December 19, 2016 1 min read

NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s Electoral College members this morning cast all 11 of their votes for Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

The electors have been blitzed in recent months with emails, regular mail and phone calls urging them to reject Trump, who carried Tennessee over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Electors met in the state House chamber. Protesters gathered outside and one in the balcony shouted Trump was “nuts.”