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O’Rourke Endorses Abolishing Electoral College
Washington Free Beacon ^ | April 1, 2019 | Haris Alic

Posted on 04/02/2019 6:01:07 AM PDT by C19fan

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke joined a growing list of 2020 Democrats by endorsing the abolition of the Electoral College on Monday.

O'Rourke, who previously said there was "a lot of wisdom" behind eliminating the Electoral College, endorsed the idea outright while addressing the annual We the People Membership Summit in Washington, D.C.

"Let's abolish the Electoral College," O'Rourke told the audience in response to question about gerrymandering and the popular vote. The event was hosted by organized labor and prominent liberal groups like the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the Center for Popular Democracy Action, a dark money group funded in part by George Soros.

O'Rourke justified his call for eliminating the Electoral College by comparing the institution to slavery.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; 2020issues; electoralcollege; potus; radicalleft
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Is there something comparable to Godwin's Law when someone uses the slavery comparison? Using O'Rourke's argument we should also eliminate the Senate and eliminate district based representation since some districts with large numbers of green card holders and illegals enhances the voting power of citizens.
1 posted on 04/02/2019 6:01:07 AM PDT by C19fan
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Notice how the Republican Party has been vehemently opposed to this idea. They should be commended for standing up to this mob rule proposal that will finally kill the republic. /SARC


2 posted on 04/02/2019 6:04:34 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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It is likely to turn out to be another road to serfdom!

The city-dwellers are salivating at the prospect...


3 posted on 04/02/2019 6:04:36 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Y'know, if I had once played a practical joke on my own wife involving baby feces in a bowl and me telling her it was avocado, I don't think I'd be going out in public and actually trying to draw attention to my sicko sadistic self.

Just sayin'.

4 posted on 04/02/2019 6:04:36 AM PDT by OKSooner ("...cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war..." - Marcus Antonius, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I)
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THAT clears the path to ‘winning-by-cheating’ and Liberals cannot win without cheating.

Case closed


5 posted on 04/02/2019 6:05:23 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: C19fan

Any politician that even so much as suggests eliminating the Electoral College should be hanged, drawn, and quartered.


6 posted on 04/02/2019 6:09:15 AM PDT by Augie
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To: C19fan

To eliminate the Electoral College would be to change our Constitutional Republic to a Mobocracy.


7 posted on 04/02/2019 6:09:43 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (We live on a tax farm as free-range humans!)
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To: C19fan

This guy is a dumbass in a sea of dumbasses, that is why we have an electoral college.


8 posted on 04/02/2019 6:11:52 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: C19fan

Proof positive that long complex IQ tests are unnecessary.
Just ask what the purpose of the Electoral College is.
EVERY Democrat will fail.
But, of course, we already know their intelligence.


9 posted on 04/02/2019 6:14:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Augie

Agree and Amen.


10 posted on 04/02/2019 6:14:35 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: C19fan

I think these pols know that things like this will never happen and that’s why they’re not afraid to say “I’m for it”. It makes them seemingly come down on the popular side of an issue they think their base wants to hear but it would be incredibly difficult to pull off.

It’s not dumbness. It’s red meat for his base.


11 posted on 04/02/2019 6:15:52 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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Eliminate the states too, and change the name of the country to the State of America.


12 posted on 04/02/2019 6:18:53 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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Somehow to me the words “wisdom” and “ Beto” in the same sentence just don’t work.


13 posted on 04/02/2019 6:19:03 AM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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#11: "I think these pols know that things like this will never happen "

Well, Obama wasn't supposed to happen either. Stay vigilante!
 

14 posted on 04/02/2019 6:19:42 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: Da Coyote

The left is consistently opposed to American liberty. I’ve had liberal historians support ‘the loyalists’ (colonists who were against the American Revolution), and basically make a case in favor of the British retaining control. You can’t argue with that kind of mentality.


15 posted on 04/02/2019 6:20:06 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: C19fan

We are a union of 50 countries with an overarching “master constitution and a limited government authority that exists to perform those tasks outside the abilities of the individual member countries. The 50 countries each cast their own vote for the leader of this overarching agency (the FedGov). The weight of their vote is determined by the number of representatives they have in congress, which is partly determined by the size of their population.

This will, for all intents and purposes, destroy what little sovereignty the 50 countries have left. We will become, in essence, a single country in pretty much every way imaginable, with the states becoming the equivalent of counties.

This reminds me of King County, WA. It includes Seattle, suburbs and a significantly large rural area. Since the whole county elects the members of the King county council, and the lion’s share of the voters are in Seattle. So - the rural areas have ZERO representation. Their votes do not matter. This is why They have stupid laws like - if you have over five acres, you need a permit to clear blackberries. Stuff like that. The city residents rule the rural residents with an iron fist.

The calls to abolish the electoral college come from two points of view: 1) ignorance; 2) desire to control other people.


16 posted on 04/02/2019 6:24:31 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Augie

Violating ones oath of office should be grounds for censure at a minimum.


17 posted on 04/02/2019 6:26:12 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: C19fan

Let’s just dismantle the Republic


18 posted on 04/02/2019 6:26:17 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: central_va

The Hilldabeast mob lost, so we must change the rules! Ain’t got no sluggers on your team... we MUST then abolish home runs, or “democracy fails”!

If the DemWits were to lose the popular vote in 2020, then must we also abolish it? Hell... just abolish elections totally... anyone who pays attention knows that’s the ultimate goal. It’s not socialism they seek... it’s neo-feudalism... master and serf, ruled from their “castle keep”, behind walls and guns that DO WORK! #Resist! (to borrow a word). #Molon labe


19 posted on 04/02/2019 6:26:42 AM PDT by FiddlePig (The greatest threat to our sacred liberty is to not value it!)
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To: C19fan

I’m posting one of the most repeated observations of Franklin’s:

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
Liberty is a well armed sheep contesting the vote.

Forever true.


20 posted on 04/02/2019 6:29:12 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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