Tim Walz Calls for Abolishing the Electoral College So that California and New York Will Elect All Our Presidents

It seems like every election season, someone has to bring up the age-old debate about the Electoral College. During a recent California fundraiser at Governor Gavin Newsom‘s Sacramento mansion, Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz decided it was his turn to light the fuse. According to Walz, “We need a national popular vote.”

And that wasn’t the end of it. He added, “I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go,” Walz proclaimed to the crowd. He then laid out the strategy needed to win the upcoming election: “But that’s not the world we live in. So we need to win Beaver County, Pennsylvania. We need to be able to go into York, Pennsylvania, and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win. We need to be in Reno, Nevada, and win.”

He needs to read the Constitution and then let an intelligent person explain it to him.

Naturally, the Trump Campaign and the GOP jumped on those comments like a cat on a laser pointer. They weren’t about to let that slide. The Trump Campaign and prominent Republicans, who accused Walz of setting the stage to question the results of a potential Trump victory, immediately seized Walz’s remarks. Trump Campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt went straight to X (formerly known as Twitter) to ask if Walz was attempting to lay “the groundwork to claim President Trump’s victory is illegitimate.”

“Is Tampon Tim laying the groundwork to claim President Trump’s victory is illegitimate?”

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— Karoline Leavitt (@kleavittnh) October 8, 2024

Bring on the damage control. In a statement provided to CBS News, a spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign quickly clarified that 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.” But that’s not what he said.

The spokesperson continued to explain that Walz “was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes. And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts.” Well, that’s not exactly a firm endorsement of the Electoral College, is it?

Remember, Walz said, “We need a national popular vote,” and then followed up by saying, “I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go.” The Harris-Walz Campaign spokesperson blatantly lied about what Tampon Tim Walz said. And CBS did not challenge it.

To be fair, a campaign official did confirm that getting rid of the Electoral College is not an official position of the campaign. But it would be of a Harris-Walz administration. But if you’re getting whiplash from Walz’s flip-flopping statements, you’re not alone.

This isn’t the first time Walz has had to walk back his comments. Just days earlier, on “60 Minutes,” Walz said his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, advised him to be more cautious when he speaks. Yes, because apparently, “think before you speak” is now a campaign slogan.

Speaking of speaking, since being thrust into the national spotlight, the Minnesota governor has faced scrutiny about his misrepresentations of his military status regarding when he retired from the Army National Guard as well as his whereabouts when pro-democracy protests broke out in China and Hong Kong in 1989. Yikes! Walz tried to defend himself, saying, “I speak like everybody else speaks. I need to be clearer. I will tell you that.” But the American people saw a liar in their midst.

But let’s get back to the Electoral College, which is at the heart of this whole controversy. Established by the Constitution, the Electoral College isn’t some relic that can be tossed aside with a casual comment at a fundraiser. Changing it would require a Constitutional amendment—no small feat. But today’s Democratic Party doesn’t believe in the Constitution anymore. They would simply put it to a vote in Congress, and if it passes, then Kamala would sign it into law.

Still, calls to abolish it have been gaining steam, especially after the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by about 3 million votes but lost the electoral vote to Trump. And don’t forget about the 2000 presidential election, when former Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote but lost to George W. Bush in the Electoral College.

Here’s the problem with getting rid of the Electoral College and going with the popular vote. This would mean that California Illinois and New York would pretty much determine who the next president would be because their populations would overrun many smaller states. So people in smaller states would not have the right to be heard and no presidential candidate would ever visit them to hear what their concerns are. That’s not the American way, but it is the Democratic way because that’s how they roll. They don’t care what happens so long as they win. And that’s why they are dangerous and evil, and they must be stopped at the ballot box.

According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 63% of Americans favor the election being decided by who wins the popular vote, not the Electoral College system. That’s a pretty significant chunk of the population saying, “Hey, maybe we should take another look at this.” And it is also an indictment of the government-monopolized public school system where liberals reign supreme. They should be teaching students the importance and brilliance of the Electoral College system, but they want liberal Democrats to win, so they let their students remain ignorant of one of the most important things designed in our constitutional system.

But here’s the reality: in the Electoral College system, there are a total of 538 electoral votes, divided among the states in a way that mirrors each state’s congressional delegation, with one vote allocated for each member of the House, plus two more for the two senators. All of a state’s electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who gets the most votes in the state. This is called a “winner-take-all” system.

So, for now, the candidates will continue hopping from state to state, targeting just enough counties to hit that magic number of 270. And while Gov. Walz might want to “do away with the Electoral College,” it looks like we’re stuck with it for a while longer. And thank God for that!

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