anthhelmDec 7, 2023
James Gleick

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
Dec 6, 2023 at 9:44pmWeb
Show threadMichael GemarDec 6, 2023
@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.
Show threadArtemesiaDec 6, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost "Pro-Trump Fake Electors Indicted" works
Show thread2xfoDec 6, 2023

@JamesGleick @washingtonpost

I must assume the paper's leadership is partisan to get something so simple so wrong. They are providing cover for the coup.

Show threadUnprecedented 2023Dec 6, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost Correct, they will try to pull similar stunt in 2024. This was their first try.
Show threadJoe Hill 🇵🇸🇺🇦Dec 6, 2023
@JamesGleick @[email protected]
“Pro-trump felons” works for me.
Show threadferricoxideDec 6, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost

I'm reminded of The Giver.
Show threadErik HaugenDec 7, 2023

@JamesGleick @washingtonpost I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what they did wrong; weren't they just being ready in case Trump's hail mary lawsuits or whatever worked? Did they commit perjury or something in doing so; is that the problem?

It feels like an example of the broader theme of describing things that obviously have 0 chance of illegally effecting a coup or something as conspiracies, instead of a more, shall we say, parsimonious explanation. As if you can sort of sneak into the "electoral college" and vote for the wrong person and have that work somehow. 😂

Show threadThe Flight AttendantDec 7, 2023
@ech @JamesGleick @washingtonpost That waa Pennsylvania. In Nevada (my home state) these people submitted certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election. They're charged with offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument. Those two categories of felonies have penalties that range from one year up to either four or five years in prison.
Show threadFirefighterGeek Dec 7, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost One thing I'll say about the Republicans running the election count in Nevada, is that they weren't having any of Trump's bullshit.
Show threadNicole ParsonsDec 7, 2023

@JamesGleick @washingtonpost

The false electors were pawns of the Republican billionaire donors, foreign and domestic, who funded a massive malign influence campaign about the #BigLie
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/opinion/jan6-companies-donate.html

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2023/11/mike-johnson-big-lie-trump-election-denial-new-apostolic-reformation/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-big-money-behind-the-big-lie

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/

Opinion | Who Is Financing Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Caucus? Corporations You Know.

The flow of corporate money to politicians who voted to overturn the 2020 election is helping fund a continuing attack on our democracy.

The New York Times
Show threadCitizenZDec 7, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost Ive seen “fake trump electors” used and that seems to work ok.
Show threadDirty HippieDec 7, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost The Nevada Independent did a much better job with the headline than the "illustrious" Washington Post. https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/nevada-gop-fake-electors-indicted-for-falsely-claiming-trump-won-states-2020-election
Nevada GOP ‘fake electors’ indicted for falsely claiming Trump won state’s 2020 election

The six Republicans are accused of falsifying records and each face two felony charges.

The Nevada Independent
Show threadAndrew DaviesDec 7, 2023
@JamesGleick @washingtonpost Just to point out that Washington Post staff are apparently on strike today.