Posted on 11/12/2016 6:50:03 AM PST by C19fan
Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins Bill Maher to discuss the aftermath of Donald Trump's election and calls for the abolition of the Electoral College.
Holder said the U.S. should elect presidents via popular vote instead of through electoral votes. The former attorney general said there is a simple solution, "we have to just abolish the electoral college."
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Abolish it?
Sure, Eric. We’ll just draft up an Amendment to the Constitution, and pass it around to the states. You only need 3/4 (38) of the states to pass it. Um... how many states did your candidate win, BTW?
just my $0.02
jimjohn - OUT [drops mic as I hit the floor laughing]
I do believe red states would have a problem with that. Take away the voice of the people is what communist do.
I guess it's part of that "nation of cowards" thing.
NSFW. Dear Anti Trump protesters. You're behavior is why Trump won.
The electoral college did exactly what it was supposed to do...Give ALL states a fair crack and counter “block” voting.
Holder is such a communist terrorist.
But I would like to know - would it take a Constitutional amendment to end the Electoral College? which would then have to be approved by the State legislatures, right?
Good luck, Holder.
Love SC.. Greenville is one of the nicest towns that I’ve ever been to.
It’s like Hillary’s campaign, repeat a lie often enough and your ignorant fans will believe it.
“The Electoral College is evil, outdated, and (of course) racist, too!”
Meanwhile, the winning continues.
Dear Eric, since there were several murders involved in “Fast and Furious”, there is no statute of limitations. Good luck with at Trump Justice Department. ;-)
NO.
Why? Because it would result in too much domination of politics by urban areas, something the Founding Fathers strongly feared.
I have a question for Eric Holder, he’s a legal type guy...
What’s the statute of limitations on Aiding and Abetting the enemy and Treason?
If it’s more than the time since Fast and Furious I’d suggest he sit the hell down and SHUT UP...
Shut up Holder. Your 15 minutes were over a long time ago. Nobody shives a git what you have to say.
What an idiot! Just becuase you abolish the Electoral College does not mean the popular vote automatically becomes the law of the land and anyone with half a brain can figure out what an enormous nightmare will happen should there ever need to be a national recount of a close election - it would take months, at the minimum, to recount them all.
Further, electing based on popular vote means a hacker or frauder need only corrupt the system once to steal the election rather than having to do a series of states that would buffer, to some extent, any attempts at hijacking the election.
THIS was the nation’s top lawyer and he STILL fails to understand this? What a total moron.
If you want to scrap the EC, let’s give every county or parish one vote and then count those votes. What could be more fair?
How about we just abolish Eric Holder. And all of his friends.
He should read the Federalists Papers ... obviously another LOW IQ politician. The electoral college is the only thing that keeps the unwashed masses in the cities under control ... just as it did in this election.
“He’s as clumsy as he is stupid”—Darth Vader, ESB
What an asshat
Karliner to Eric Holder,” P*$$ Off you ignorant racist slut.”
How about we just abolish Eric Holder.
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