Tennessee electors pledge strong support for President-elect Trump

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – There isn’t expected to be any dissent when Tennessee’s 11 members of the electoral college cast their ballots Monday at the state Capitol.

Donald Trump overwhelmingly won Tennessee last month, and the state’s Republican electors say they would wholeheartedly cast their ballots for Trump even if state law didn’t require them to support the winner.

Jason Mumpower, a former state House Republican leader who is now chief of staff to Comptroller Justin Wilson, says he has heard of no second thoughts among his fellow electors, most of whom are members of the executive committee of the state Republican Party.

In the words of fellow elector Tom Lawless: “Hell will freeze and we will be skating on the lava before I change.”