title: BREAKING: TRUMP OFFICIALLY GETS 270 Electoral Votes…Republicans Get Last Laugh…More Electors Refused To Support Hillary, Including Muslim Elector
text: The 2016 presidential election continues to defy expectations as  faithless electors  emerged among Democrats refusing to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.In the run-up to the vote of the Electoral College, all eyes had been on whether any Republican electors would refuse to vote for Donald Trump. There had reports of last-ditch lobbying asking electors to switch from Trump to Clinton.Instead, it has been Democratic electors who were balking.Only eight of 12 Democratic electors in Washington cast their votes for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won the state in November. In an act of symbolic protest, three Democratic electors voted for Colin Powell and one for Faith Spotted Eagle, who has been fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, instead of Clinton.There were also reports that two electors, one in Maine and another Minnesota, tried but failed in their efforts not to vote for Clinton.The irony: Muhammad Abdurrahman, Minnesota elector refuses to cast vote for Hillary today. So his vote is invalid for alternative to cast. pic.twitter.com/Sk4rzyuV8i  PDXRunnerDad (@aeoneo) December 19, 2016In Minnesota, elector Muhammad Abdurrahman didn t vote for Clinton and was replaced by an alternate who did. According to the Los Angeles Times, Abdurrahman was a delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention.Just in: Maine elector David Bright voting for @BernieSanders today. #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/AMPUkNog3e  Michael Shepherd (@mikeshepherdME) December 19, 2016In Maine, elector David Bright tried to vote for Sanders but was rebuffed and ended up voting for Clinton, according to the Associated Press.  Marketwatch