O’Rourke Endorses Abolishing Electoral College

1. Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke joined a growing list of 2020 Democrats by endorsing the abolition of the Electoral College on Monday.
2. The event was hosted by organized labor and prominent liberal groups like the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the Center for Popular Democracy Action, a dark money group funded in part by George Soros.
3. "In this conversation about how we repair the damage, how we make things right, and how we keep from committing the same injustice going forward is squarely connected to the reason that we are all convened here today and that is fixing our democracy," O'Rourke continued.
4. "Let's abolish the Electoral College," O'Rourke told the audience in response to question about gerrymandering and the popular vote.
5. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) was the first 2020 Democrat to endorse abolishing the Electoral College in March during a CNN town hall.
6. O'Rourke justified his call for eliminating the Electoral College by comparing the institution to slavery.
7. This entry was posted in Politics and tagged 2020 Election, Beto O'Rourke, Democratic Party.

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