Posted on 04/02/2019 12:57:31 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), who has introduced legislation to eliminate the Electoral College, stated that the Electoral College “diminishes the legitimacy of our president, which is something else we should be deeply concerned about.”
Merkley said, “Well, we know the Electoral College, Erin, was founded on a rotten foundation. It was founded as an effort, as a strategy to accentuate the strength of those states who were slave states. And there’s just no justification for it now. …
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(Merkley) later added that "… But certainly, recent history has shown that we have a system that the flaws have been exposed in, and it diminishes the legitimacy of our president, which is something else we should be deeply concerned about.” (Read it all)
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Hillary ran poorly, but did not need to campaign in CA, NY etc.
“...we know the Electoral College, Erin, was founded on a rotten foundation. It was founded as an effort, as a strategy to accentuate the strength of those states who were slave states. And there’s just no justification for it now.”
That is a canard that deserves to die.
What would dhimmicrats thoughts be on this matter had hitlary won?
Amazing that the country existed for over two hundred and fifty years without noticing this obvious ‘flaw”
Given that the average “democracy“ never reaches it’s 100 birthday I’d say it’s quite an accomplishment , being based on a ‘rotten foundation”
(From the source I read no “democracy“ ever reached its 300th birthday, intact.)
His statement is hilarious since the slave states were all run by Democrats! What a Putz!
It’s almost comical the way these twat bots are wound up by their masters then run around in circles chirping out the same mindless drivel.
Dems, listen up....
Destroying our Electoral College is equal to destroying our constition and that would be lock and load time.
We won the right via armed conflict to construct our constitution.
If need be we will protect that constitution with all force necessary.
You see, the EC was put in place to protect Americans from being subjected to the mob rule of those who live in a few big cities.
Yes, we insist that it stays that way!
all residents must be counted , plenty of money spent for accurate count. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-census-2020-rally-20190401-story.html
The Electoral College has pros and cons.
The con is that it limits third parties.
Face it, the two-party system is the biggest crisis facing America.
Americans are tired of Republicrats.
The GOP is not worth shit.
If the EC is gone, you can potentially elect a conservative third party.
The EC is probably going to go soon. Millennials are not Democrats nor Republicans and they HATE both parties.
Get used to the EC going away soon.
Plus the slavery thing will be used against it.
...... Dear Sen. Merkley .... You do realize that you just stated that those States are no longer important don't you?
The State of California, which is also at risk for losing seats on Congress, has earmarked more than $100 million, with another $54.4 million proposed, and 33 employees for its statewide census efforts, focusing on the communities that are least likely to respond, including 109 federally tribes and 44 percent of homes that speak languages other than English in their homes. The top foreign languages spoken in California, for example, aren’t the same ones as for the national Census outreach.
Fake History by a Fake American.
If you want to be ruled by the Blue cities, then getting rid of the Electoral College is for you.
“Dem Sen. Merkley: The Electoral College ‘Diminishes the Legitimacy of Our President” Legitimacy is only diminished to idiot Democrats who don’t understand out system of government and haven’t a brain cell in their head. Civil war is becoming more and more likely if this country is to survive under our Constitution because of idiots like Markley.
Translation:
Democrats can no longer win nationally because of those damned peons in flyover country, so we need to change the rules.
Fearing the loss of billions of dollars in federal aid, Los Angeles county and city officials held a rally in downtown’s Grand Park on Monday to urge public participation in the 2020 census
So, they’re admitting that they’re dirty and are worried about the federal money. Sounds to me like it could be time to audit the place to see where all the money is going and why it’s going there, in the first place.
There are 3,141 counties in the United States. Trump won 3,084 of them. Clinton won 57.
There are 62 counties in New York State. Trump won 46 of them. Clinton won 16.
Clinton won the popular vote by approx. 1.5 million votes. In the 5 counties that encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties; Trump won Richmond)
Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton winning the popular vote of the entire country.
These 5 counties comprise 319 square miles. The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles. When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election.
Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, LA, etc.) DO NOT and SHOULD NOT speak for the rest of our country!
And…it’s been verified and documented that those aforementioned 319 square miles are where the majority of our nation’s problems foment.
.... Actually .... She ran her campaign as one would if the Electoral College was done away with.
“Wonder what happens when states like Cali and NY end up having their population numbers decreased with the, Citizen question, on the next census.”
Really, they are in the country illegally, do you think they are going to be honest enough to check “no” on the citizen question.
Thank God our country wasn’t founded and fought for by people from OR like him and Wyden....of course, the state didn’t exist then but there must have been some counterparts somewhere in the 13 colonies. Where DID these people come from? Could they go back possibly?
The Democrat Thug Party can go FOAD
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