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Jamie Raskin DESTROYS The Electoral College In 3 Minutes - TYT Investigates (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 OP
Thanks for posting. Rep. Raskin is always spot on. brush Sep 2022 #1
I couldn't agree more - he couldn't have said it better! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #2
Amen burrowowl Sep 2022 #3
Remember Rustynaerduwell Sep 2022 #4
Hear, hear. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2022 #5
great talk cynical_idealist Sep 2022 #6
Without the "electoral college" there never would have been a W. or a trump. MagaSmash Sep 2022 #7
We all know that. Now how do we get 2/3 of both House and 3/4 of the states to do it. Dysfunctional Sep 2022 #8
What's that song playing in the background on this video? Bucky Sep 2022 #9

Rhiannon12866

(204,761 posts)
2. I couldn't agree more - he couldn't have said it better!
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 03:35 AM
Sep 2022

I know that most of us have felt this way for awhile (especially since the 2020 election!), but Rep. Jamie Raskin articulated it perfectly, no big surprise!

Rustynaerduwell

(663 posts)
4. Remember
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:59 AM
Sep 2022

Donald Trump lost the 2020 electoral college vote by less than 50,000 votes spread out over three states. If 22,000 votes were flipped in Georgia, Wisconsin and Arizona combined, He would be President today.

MagaSmash

(5,310 posts)
7. Without the "electoral college" there never would have been a W. or a trump.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 01:11 PM
Sep 2022

NO 911; NO Iraq War, and NO Insurrection No Abortion Ban. We'd prolly have a damn colony on Mars with the money we saved. And High Speed Rail.

 

Dysfunctional

(452 posts)
8. We all know that. Now how do we get 2/3 of both House and 3/4 of the states to do it.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 01:25 PM
Sep 2022

Or 2/3 of the states in a constitutional convention and then 3/4 of the states voting for it. As far as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, if it ever gets enough states, Congress will have to agree to it under Article I Section 10 clause 3 of the Constitution. Even then, I am sure it will end up in The Supreme Court.

Bucky

(53,947 posts)
9. What's that song playing in the background on this video?
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 02:59 PM
Sep 2022

It's so familiar. Something pop or rock/blues from the 60s I think. I can't quite recall.

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