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Huh? On Morning Joe, Gene Robinson Suggests GOP Tries To 'Gerrymander' Presidential Elections
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/27/2024 10:26:46 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough was dragging out the old DNC talking point that hey, the Republicans have lost the nationwide popular vote in seven of the last eight elections. This is how Electoral College Deniers argue.

Eugene Robinson, MSNBC's chief political analyst, who is also an associate editor of the Washington Post, was responding to Joe Scarborough's question as to what Republicans should do, given their popular vote record.

Here was Robinson's description of the Republican strategy to win the White House despite losing the popular vote:

"Well, the first thing you do, is you gerrymander the hell out of everything, right? To, to try to build in an advantage."

Not "right," Gene. Wrong!

In 48 of the 50 states, the winner of the state's popular vote receives ALL of the state's Electoral College votes. [Maine and Nebraska have different ways of allocating their Electoral College votes.]

You can't gerrymander your way around that, Gene!

Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


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KEYWORDS: eugenerobinson; gerrymandering; joescarborough; republicans

1 posted on 02/27/2024 10:26:46 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The stupid is strong with this one.


2 posted on 02/27/2024 10:27:50 AM PST by xp38
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; ...

Yo, Gene: you can’t gerrymander presidential electoral districts when—in almost all the states!—there’s only one presidential district: the entire state!

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


3 posted on 02/27/2024 10:28:22 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: xp38

Well neck yeah. Why else would we be bringing in all those new folks? Oh, wait a minute.......


4 posted on 02/27/2024 10:29:49 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The Dems have lost the popular vote in 5 of the last 8 elections.


5 posted on 02/27/2024 10:31:20 AM PST by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The clueless idiots who watch MSNBC will just accept this BS.


6 posted on 02/27/2024 10:31:45 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.


7 posted on 02/27/2024 10:33:46 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

With all the fraud, cheating, dead voters that the democrats employ, who really knows what the actual popular vote is.


8 posted on 02/27/2024 10:38:20 AM PST by falcon99 ( )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
The WashingSnot Pest could save a lot of money by getting rid of that racist ignoramus Robinson.

Besides, the DNC already has a guy who has the "Guam tipping over" story covered.

9 posted on 02/27/2024 10:38:56 AM PST by kiryandil
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Robinson is a FOS “thug”. A little KC Quinton “jive” lingo there. He’s taking the Dung Beetle Party tactics and pinning them on the GOP who have never had any original ideas on how to steal elections.


10 posted on 02/27/2024 10:42:11 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I know only one way to piss off the far-left RATSOs. Laugh at them.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ah yes, the ol’ gerrymandering a national election, huh? Oh those diabolical Republicans!


11 posted on 02/27/2024 11:01:59 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

In order to minimize the number of disenfranchised voters, each congressional district should assign their electoral vote to the candidate that receives 50% plus 1 vote within that congressional district.

Each state should award one electoral vote to the candidate that wins the most congressional districts.

Each state should award the remaining electoral vote to the candidate that receives the most votes in the state.

In the event that there is a tie for the congressional districts or the total number of votes, the state legislators shall meet in unicameral session and directly award the vote to a candidate that was on the ballot.


12 posted on 02/27/2024 11:09:03 AM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: xp38

This is your brain on affirmative action. A Eugene Robinson byline is a signal that what follows will a perfect demonstration of what happens when low IQ peddles Demoncrat propaganda and it won’t be pretty.


13 posted on 02/27/2024 1:38:37 PM PST by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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