ICYMI: Stacey Abrams Calls Electoral College a 'Classist, Racist System'

Townhall.com ^ | February 18, 2020 | Bronson Stoccking

[Kaslin]

Failed politician Stacey Abrams wants to do away with the electoral college. Her reasoning? The electoral college is a "classist, racist system whose time has passed and we need to get rid of it," so it's the same argument the left makes to get rid of everything they don't like. Naturally, Abrams attacked the centuries old constitutional system with the cast of ABC's "The View" on Monday morning.  

Abrams claims the founding founders created the electoral system as a racist system designed somehow to prevent blacks from voting. To make her point, Abrams repeated the historically illiterate lie about the three-fifths compromise being the iniquitous idea of racist Southerners. Of course, it was Southerners who wanted slaves to be fully counted for purposes of representation in Congress and Northerners who opposed it. But such facts only get in the way of leftwing demagogues like Stacey Abrams. 

Abrams then claimed the electoral college was simultaneously designed to prevent poor white men from voting in the North. 

"The classist part was that in the North, too many immigrants from parts of Europe that people weren't excited about, too many poor people, too many poor white men were trying to vote," Abrams alleged, "and so the Northerners said, 'well, we don't want people who aren't equipped to make this decision to be selecting the executive of our nation,' so the electoral college said, 'yes you can speak up, but we'll decide if you're right.' It's a classist racist system whose time has passed and we need to get rid of it."

In Abrams' mind, the electoral college is a racist system somehow capable of being racist towards both blacks and whites. In reality, the founders created a constitutional republic designed to safeguard against a radical democracy of any kind. Radical democracies are known to trample upon the rights of minorities and can fall prey to mob-like tactics currently in vogue on the radical left, which is why leftists want to get rid of it. 

Abrams says she supports the National Popular Vote because, as Abrams puts it, it would "basically jerry rig the system and go around the Constitution." And while Abrams claims she would prefer to "fix it at the source" with a constitutional amendment, Abrams said simply "I don't have that kind of time."

Americans find progressive ideas to be repugnant, so leftists like Abrams need to rework our constitutional republic in order to force their will on the American people. Abrams recently announced that she plans on running for president in the future, so she's going to need the vote of every felon, illegal immigrant, child and dead person to count if she's ever going to have a shot at winning the White House. 

Stacey Abrams explains why she says the electoral college is a "classist racist system whose time has passed and we need to get rid of it." https://t.co/PTs7YvvxOU pic.twitter.com/AzF7F0H6Qr— The View (@TheView) February 18, 2020

[windsorknot]

Failed politician

What’s her opinion really worth?

[SaveFerris]

Pound-for-pound, she’s the Democrat heavyweight.

When she walks in, she takes all of the air out of the room.

Literally.

[Impala64ssa]

🎶fat bottom girls you make the rockin world go round"🎶😛

[centurion316]

Somewhere a village is missing its idiot...

She is following the instructions from the Central Committee (the DNC). The Electoral College is standing in their way from achieving their ultimate goal, complete political power over the United States, a necessary step toward doing away with elections, the Constitution, and the rule of law.

She ought to go back to what she knows how to do: sell pancake mix and syrup.

[sheehan]

identity politics at its worst - a fat, gap-tooth, race-baiting, corrupt politician (she took $5M from Doomberg)

they hate the Electoral College bc it gives the more rural states a voice, and neutralizes voter fraud in the cities.

[SaveFerris]

Don’t let her walk near any seismic fault areas.

FReepmail

[IrishBrigade]

‘It was to give small states a voice.’

the major problem with EV’s is the way they are allocated; winner take all except for ME and NE...the votes should be divvied up in each state by congressional district, so as to give voice to all the residents in the state...

[Liz]

` An "astute pol," Abrams marched armed Black Panthers around Georgia alerting Georgians to what they were in for should she win the governorship.

She and Democrats cleared out every cemetery and drove every illegal alien in Georgia to the polls.......to no avail, Abrams got clobbered by Kemp.

She's an insufferable loser and cannot win any statewide election in Georgia.

Abrams knows the laws of politics: lose two statewide elections in a row and you're a cooked goose

She’s a greedy Democrat with massive debts so she’s focused on making money from her losses.

She connivingly started a n/p and nominated herself the “Leader” and chief money-grubber for years to come.

[Louis Foxwell]

2020 Nov results: 40% black for Trump; 90% middle class for Trump. Still racist, classist?

[Brian Griffin]

She’s one legacy of slavery that the US would be better off without.

[cnsmom]

Sounds to me like somebody isn’t happy with the pie slice getting smaller.

[RedElement]

Virginia has joined this popular vote compact. Wait til November:

1. NoVa will swing the Virginia vote for the Dims.
2. The national popular vote will be DJT.

And all those precious NoVa Dems would see their electoral votes go Trump.

[Kaslin]

Actually if I am not mistaken it was over 80k votes

[SaveFerris]

Interesting.

[pangaea6]

Her new slogan, MASAA, Make America South Africa Again

[Brian Griffin]

“No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation”

[cdcdawg]

The horrible racist system sure isn’t causing Stacey to miss any meals.

[max americana]

thank you for not posting a picture of that fat ugly toad

[IrishBrigade]

1. NoVa will swing the Virginia vote for the Dims.
2. The national popular vote will be DJT.
And all those precious NoVa Dems would see their electoral votes go Trump.

1. yes...
2. no...and
no; the compact is not in effect for 2020, and likely never will be...so Va EV’s don’t change...

[Redcitizen]

✊🤟