Quote:The Harris campaign quickly stepped in and issued a statement after Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz said the electoral college “needs to go” in favor of a national popular vote.

The Minnesota governor made the comments during a fundraiser at the home of California Governor Gavin Newsom in Sacramento.

“He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes,” the spokesperson added. “And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts.”

The campaign doesn’t favor removing the Electoral College, an official told the network.

Harris Campaign Says Walz is Knucklehead

Just another commie

at least the dog understands 'forward = progress' ...

it's stupid sad scary how the minnee-miNOsoes elected that cocKKK-twaTTT TWICE!

(10-09-2024 03:04 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

Quote:The campaign doesn’t favor removing the Electoral College, an official told the network.

Harris Campaign Says Walz is Knucklehead

Bullchit. They lie about everything and call Trump a pathological liar.

I hope Trump wins the popular vote so all of the National Popular Vote compact states have to cast their electors for him.

(10-09-2024 03:17 PM)chargeradio Wrote:  I hope Trump wins the popular vote so all of the National Popular Vote compact states have to cast their electors for him.

I don't think that's in play to date ... however, ya should be concerned with such ... what is it now ... two decades in and climbing...

time matters naught to the fkbags ... lazy fagoos smoke the cocKKK-0-walk every day....

In Calling For Axing The Electoral College, Tim Walz Tells Swing State Voters To Get Lost

Quote:As if supporting the chemical and surgical mutilation of children, murder of unborn babies until birth, and censorship of speech he dislikes wasn’t radical enough, Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz is now backing another extreme Democrat policy: abolishing the Electoral College.

Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Democrat-run California on Tuesday, the Minnesota governor endorsed getting rid of the system used to elect American presidents since the republic was created.

“All of us know the Electoral College needs to go. We need, we need national popular vote, but that’s not the world we live in,” Walz reportedly said before listing competitive areas in toss-up states he clearly would rather not campaign in.

It didn’t take long for the Harris-Walz campaign to tell their buddies at anti-truth CNN that this is just another time the governor “misspoke.” An anonymous campaign staffer claimed, the outlet says, that “Walz’s call for eliminating the Electoral College is not an official campaign position.”

OK, so who is running this campaign? The actual Democrat candidates whose names are on the 2024 ballot, or the unnamed staffers who keep claiming without evidence that neither of their top candidates backs the radical policies both have publicly endorsed?

While Walz is certainly known for lying his way through politics, one thing neither he nor Harris have been shy about is their support for the most extreme positions adopted by today’s Democrat Party. That brings us back to leftists’ war against the Electoral College.

Walz is not alone in wishing to eliminate this presidential election system that protects minority rights and prevents the United States from becoming a straight mobocracy. During her 2020 presidential run, Harris also said she was “open to the discussion” about getting rid of the Electoral College. Many Democrat-led states have signed onto the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would “guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.”

The purpose of the Electoral College is to stave off what James Madison called the “tyranny of the majority.” The system gives voters in rural, lesser-populated states a voice in presidential elections by limiting higher-populated states’ ability to solely determine their outcomes. That was also the original design of the U.S. Senate, and without such protections for smaller states, the U.S. Constitution would never have been ratified. That means without constitutional protections for lower-population states, there would be no United States at all.

As with many of America’s institutions, Democrats loathe the Electoral College because it deprives them of the unbridled power to silence all opposition. There’s no need to waste time campaigning to the rubes in “flyover country” if they can juice turnout in Democrat-heavy cities and states instead.

Walz’s fundraiser remarks are an outward display of this disdain. Democrats claim they’re fighting for the “forgotten” man and woman, all the while working to deprive millions of Americans of having a say in the policies that control their lives.

Civil War

Like I keep repeating, the liberal mindset is the biggest threat to this country. Period.

Get rid of the electoral college.

Limit the first amendment.

Get rid of the second amendment.

Empower search and seizure.

The Democrat's platform is tons of fun.

Saving Democracy

(10-09-2024 03:16 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(10-09-2024 03:04 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  

Quote:The campaign doesn’t favor removing the Electoral College, an official told the network.

Harris Campaign Says Walz is Knucklehead

Bullchit. They lie about everything and call Trump a pathological liar.

There you go with "misinformation"... Have you noticed that, if it's not spun the way they want it or they're exposed, it's "misinformation".

Ever notice that Walzie hasn't called JD Vance "weird" lately???

(10-10-2024 06:33 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Ever notice that Walzie hasn't called JD Vance "weird" lately???

That knucklehead realized it didn't poll well or how weird he came off in the debate vs Vance.

His team must’ve told him to stop. No way he figured that out on his own.

(10-10-2024 06:56 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  His team must’ve told him to stop. No way he figured that out on his own.

the blind leading the blind should've figgled that out beforehand...

oh, muh bad ... all they know is tossing uncooked pasta at the donkey to see if it sticks ...

Now, the Harris/Walz Campaign Is Distancing Itself From Walz's Electoral College Comments

Quote:Will these people never get their messaging straight? Of course, it's better for the nation if they don't, but now, Tim "Great Walz of China" has screwed up so badly that the campaign is now having to do damage control over his comment on eliminating the Electoral College. Now Walz, presumably after being the recipient of what my Grandma would have called "a darn good talking-to" from the campaign, is keeping his mouth shut on the topic:

Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, remained silent Thursday on whether he still supports eliminating the Electoral College, after the Harris campaign insisted his position did not reflect that of the campaign's.

"I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go. We need a national popular vote," Walz said Tuesday during a campaign fundraiser at the home of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Walz made similar comments at an earlier fundraiser in Seattle, as well.

While running for president in 2019, Harris said she was "open" to the idea of abolishing the Electoral College. However, according to campaign officials pressed on the issue following Walz's remarks, eliminating the Electoral College in favor of a national popular vote is not an official position of Harris' current campaign.

Messaging discipline, people. A campaign spokesman, through a statement to the Washington Examiner, has sought to clarify things:

“Governor Walz believes that every vote matters in the Electoral College and he is honored to be traveling the country and battleground states working to earn support for the Harris-Walz ticket.

“He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes,” the spokesperson continued. “And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts.”

That sounds a lot like damage control.

Of course, doing away with the electoral system by which we choose presidents is the dumbest political idea since Prohibition. Without the electoral system - which, by the way, would take an (unlikely) constitutional amendment to do away with - presidential candidates would be elected by New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, with a little bit of input from a few other major population centers. States like Wyoming, New Mexico, Mississippi, Vermont, Maine, and yes, Alaska, would have precisely no say in the matter. Oh, yes, I know, politicians are fond of quoting how the "national popular vote" is sometimes at odds with the electoral votes. That doesn't matter. There is no "national popular vote." I'll say it again - (Stomps foot three times) - there is no national popular vote. The Constitution mentions no such vote, anywhere. That tally is a statistical curiosity, and nothing more.

But that doesn't stop constitutionally-illiterate politicians like Tim Walz from complaining about the current system. And he's not even the worst; Rep.Jamie Raskin (D-MD) recently claimed:

there could be deadly consequences for Americans if the Electoral College was not done away with. Raskin said a national popular vote was a far better option than the current "convoluted, antique, obsolete system from the 18th century, which these days can get you killed as nearly it did on Jan. 6, 2021."

What? Seriously? The Electoral College can "...get you killed"? How? When has anyone, in the 234 years since the Constitution was ratified, ever been killed by a presidential election? Raskin, of course, feels obliged to mention January 6th, when, yes, one person was killed on that day - and it was one of the protestors.

But the Electoral College system had nothing to do with that. Jamie Raskin is just blowing hot air, as he so frequently does.

Our system for electing presidents is perfect for the government we have - a constitutional republic, with federalism as one of the founding principles. We are the United States of America, after all, not the United State of America. Our elections are managed by the states. The electoral system guarantees that every state has some say in the process, and makes sure that a few major population centers don't dominate national politics.

We should be glad, by the way, that the Harris/Walz campaign can't get their messaging act together. If you go back and take a look at what few policy positions the Harris/Walz campaign has come up with, eliminating the Electoral College is far from the only stupid idea they've had.

Promise every city in America UBI and you win the election. Who needs rural voters when you can just focus on population centers?

With 3 weeks to go, anyone talking about abolishing the electoral college, is obviously losing the election

(10-10-2024 06:28 PM)WalkThePlank Wrote:  Promise every city in America UBI and you win the election. Who needs rural voters when you can just focus on population centers?

HFS .. somebody else understands the 'tally' ... #XACLY!

until proof = 0, everyone can fk the fk off!