Hillary Clinton... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as
the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
’s top aides Jake Sullivan and Jennifer Palmieri. Politico reported:
The first conversation appears to have occurred on Nov. 29, when Sullivan and other aides joined a conference call that included Colorado elector Micheal Baca, a member of a group working to persuade Republicans in the Electoral College to abandon Trump. Baca relayed the group’s long-shot strategy: to persuade Democratic and Republican electors to unite behind an alternative candidate to Trump.
In an email after the call, Baca apologized to Sullivan for his urgent tone.
"Not at all! We all share a sense of urgency," Sullivan replied. "Look forward to being in touch."
The next day, after Baca updated Sullivan on the group’s progress, Sullivan wrote that he personally believed the Clinton campaign should not be involved because it might send "mixed messages." "But I’m consulting with our leadership," he added.
Logs do not show further communication between Baca and Sullivan. But Baca did attempt to persuade Hillary campaign chair John Podesta to back his group’s efforts. Podesta never answered back.
But Palmieri showed plenty of interest in staying in touch with Baca:
The two spoke by phone for 15 minutes on Thursday, according to a log of the call, four days before the Electoral College vote. Two days later, while Baca was in Washington trying to drum up support, he and Palmieri had a short text message exchange in which Baca made what he described as his "final plea" to the Clinton team for assistance.
"I know I will have done everything I could to stop Trump but I am just a guy at the end of the day," he wrote. "Thank you so very much and I’ll trust whatever happens was the right decision."
Palmieri replied, "I hear you. Are you doing a presser today?"
Baca described an event he was planning at D.C.’s Sylvan Theater and asked whether she’d suggest any messaging. "What are you planning to say?" she asked. After Baca provided a short summary of his remarks, there was no further response from Palmieri.
Baca also reached out to electors in Washington state. He messaged Washington state elector Bret Chiafalo on Facebook, which led to the "Hamilton Electors, a group intent on preventing Trump from winning the Electoral College vote." The group wanted to "persuade Democratic and Republican electors wary of Trump to unite behind a mainstream Republican alternative such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich or 2012 GOP nominee Willard
MittRomney
...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals....
." They only needed 37 of the 306 Republicans within the college to defect.
Their efforts died, though, and in fact did the exact opposite. Hillary lost more electors on Monday than Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
Baca kept his word to Palmieri, but not to the state of Colorado. Baca voted for Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich moments after he took an oath to vote for Hillary Clinton. Electors at the Colorado capitol booed and shouted at him for defecting. Baca now faces prosecution.