Martin Sheen, Moby plead with Republican electors to dump Trump

The Electoral College vote is the last chance to halt Trump's path to the White House.
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Martin Sheen, Moby plead with Republican electors to dump Trump
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Numerous celebrities, from Bob Odenkirk to Moby to America's favorite president Jed Bartlett (aka Martin Sheen), have lined up for a new video urging the Electoral College to dump Trump on Monday.

The Dec. 19 vote is pretty much the last chance to derail a Trump presidency, and would require 37 Republican electors to vote for someone else, taking Trump below the 270-vote threshold he needs to get to the White House.

Nearly 5 million members of the public have urged them to do this, and now a host of celebs insist that Trump lacks the qualifications, stability and respect for the Constitution that the office demands.

"Our founding fathers built the Electoral College to safeguard the American people from the dangers of a demagogue," Sheen says. Anyone who votes against Trump will go down in the books as an American hero, the video adds.

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Tim Chester

Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.


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