Unable to cast a vote for President-elect Donald Trump, a Republican member of the Electoral College confirmed to Politico on Monday that he is stepping down. "Since I can't in good conscience vote for Donald Trump, and yet have sinfully made a pledge that I would, the best option that I see at this time is to resign my position as an elector," Texan Art Sisneros wrote in what Politico described as a "little-noticed blog post over the weekend."
Sisneros, who previously suggested he would vote against Trump, explained in the post that he can't vote for the president-elect because he doesn't think Trump is "biblically qualified to serve in the office of the presidency." "I believe voting for Trump would bring dishonor to God," Sisneros wrote. He compared the American people's decision to elect Trump to demanding "Skittles for dinner."
Sisneros said he resigned in time to give electors a chance to fill his spot with "someone that can vote for Trump" before they meet on Dec. 19.
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