Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has found a new enemy: The Electoral College.
In our history, there have only been five times where the winner has won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.
The freshman lawmaker said the Electoral College is a "Scam" that has a "Racial injustice breakdown" undermining the votes of people of color.
"Due to severe racial disparities in certain states, the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as apposed to a 'one person, one vote' system where all our votes are counted equally," she says, before pushing back against the argument that eliminating the Electoral College would give big states too much power.
Do Black Americans have their votes count more bc they have been disenfranchised for 100s of years? Do Reservations get an electoral vote? Does Puerto Rico and US territories get them? No. They don't.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez August 23, 2019 5) The Electoral College isn't about fairness at all; it's about empowering some voters over others.
Second, Democrats need to stop bashing the Electoral College when they lose-you're not entitled to win elections.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/08/26/aoc-electoral-college-n2552127
In our history, there have only been five times where the winner has won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.
The freshman lawmaker said the Electoral College is a "Scam" that has a "Racial injustice breakdown" undermining the votes of people of color.
"Due to severe racial disparities in certain states, the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as apposed to a 'one person, one vote' system where all our votes are counted equally," she says, before pushing back against the argument that eliminating the Electoral College would give big states too much power.
Do Black Americans have their votes count more bc they have been disenfranchised for 100s of years? Do Reservations get an electoral vote? Does Puerto Rico and US territories get them? No. They don't.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez August 23, 2019 5) The Electoral College isn't about fairness at all; it's about empowering some voters over others.
Second, Democrats need to stop bashing the Electoral College when they lose-you're not entitled to win elections.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/08/26/aoc-electoral-college-n2552127
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