Michael Banerian (Facebook photo)
Passion, anger, disbelief still surround the 2016 presidential election. Michael Banerian is well-aware of that.
Michael Banerian: "I've had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth." (Facebook photo)
Michael Gerstein of The Detroit News reports:
On Dec. 19, the 22-year-old Banerian is scheduled to join 15 other Michiganians to cast their electoral votes for Republican President-elect Donald Trump. But Trump’s opponents have deluged Banerian and other GOP electors with pleas and nasty emails to reverse course and cast their ballots for Clinton, according to the Michigan Republican Party.
“You have people saying ‘you’re a hateful bigot, I hope you die,’ ” said Banerian, a political science senior at Oakland University and youth vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party. “I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive.”
The Detroit News verified one message containing a death wish and another containing a death threat, in which the person told Banerian he would “put a bullet” in his mouth. Banerian said he deleted the rest of the emails and messages “because as you can imagine they’re clogging up my email.”
He's not afraid of being hurt or killed, Banerian says.
Another elector, Kenneth Crider, 51, of Livonia, tells The News he has gotten more than 300 emails from people in other states asking him to vote for Clinton instead of Trump.
“I’m 100 percent behind Donald Trump,” Crider says.
