The maker of the technology, Lockheed Martin, calls this thing the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS. But after seeing nine minutes of the thing in action (video below), we’re more inclined to refer to it as a doomsday war machine.
Democratsâ Latest Plot to Steal the Election
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Hereâs a theory of what the Democratsâ last-ditch, do-or-die plan may be to stop Donald Trump. This is from my favorite pundit, my son, Hal. Itâs Machiavellian, but thatâs typical of the Democrats who, after all, have nothing else to do but scheme. As you may or may not know, on Friday, January 6
th Congress meets in joint session to ratify the electoral vote that took place in the states on December 19
th. Thatâs the Democratsâ last chance to stop Donald Trump from becoming president, if you could call it a chance.
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They had been lobbied for weeks to abandon Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But ultimately, only two members of the electoral college did so, while five members deserted Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
It was the largest number of individual defections by electors in a U.S. presidential election but not enough to change the outcome.
For the record:
3:08 PM, Jun. 02, 2019An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that Horace Greeley won the 1872 general election. He lost. The article also misidentified Walter B. Jones as Walter E. Jones.
The final tally in Monday’s vote was 304 votes for Trump and 227 votes for Clinton. The two Republican renegades were from Texas, while Clinton lost pledged votes from Hawaii, Maine and Washington.