James GleickDec 6, 2023

This headline is actually erroneous (I would tag @washingtonpost if I thought they were listening). The people indicted were not “pro-Trump electors”; they weren’t electors at all. They were pro-Trump people falsely pretending to be electors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/06/nevada-fake-electors-indictment-trump/

Pro-Trump electors indicted in Nevada, the third state to issue charges

Nevada is the third state after Georgia and Michigan to seek charges against the pro-Trump activists who met and cast ballots for the then-president on Dec. 14, 2020, despite Joe Biden’s victory.

The Washington Post
Show threadMichael Gemar
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost It’s the whole damned point of the story, and why what they did was illegal. You’d really hope a respected newspaper would understand the importance of accurate headlines.
Dec 6, 2023 at 9:47pmWeb