Breaking: Four Electors in Washington State Defect From Clinton
Environment Activists Faith Spotted Eagle and Winona LaDuke Receive Votes for President, VP
Despite a robust grassroots movement to convince 37 Donald Trump electors to vote for for anyone else, none so far have defected from the president-elect. But four electors in the state of Washington have.
Hillary Clinton wins 8 WA electoral votes. 4 “faithless” electors votes for others
— Secretary of State (@secstatewa) December 19, 2016
Three cast votes for Colin Powell, and one for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American environmental activist.
Latest @CNN tally of #ElectoralCollege vote:
251 Trump
135 Clinton
3 Colin Powell
1 Faith Spotted Eagle— Marshall Cohen (@Marshall_Cohen) December 19, 2016
Four electors bound to cast their vote for vice president for Tim Kaine also defected, choosing Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Maria Cantwell, Republican Susan Collins, and American environmentalist Winona LaDuke.Â
Correction on VP votes: 8 for Tim Kaine, 1 for Elizabeth Warren, 1 for Susan Collins, 1 for Maria Cantwell, 1 for Winona LaDuke.
— Graham Johnson (@GrahamKIRO7) December 19, 2016
Here is Faith Spotted Eagle speaking with CNN last month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe3Ef0j6PSwÂ

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