Hillary Clinton calls the electoral college ‘troubling’

Using the occasion of receiving this year’s Harvard’s Radcliffe Medal, Hillary Clinton once again launched an attack on our country’s Electoral College. You may remember an interview in 2017 when she voiced her opinion that the Electoral College should be eliminated.


“I think it needs to be eliminated. I’d like to see us move beyond it, yes,” she told CNN host Anderson Cooper.

Friday at Harvard Clinton said its roots are “troubling” and she’s been against the system since 2000. Hmm. How convenient. You will recall that election in 2000 when her husband’s vice-president, Al Gore lost to George W. Bush. For the first time since 1888, the losing candidate (Gore) had more popular votes than the winner (Bush).

Clinton called the roots of the Electoral College system “a little troubling.”

“But nevertheless, we’ve got it. I’ve been against it, by the way, since 2000,” Clinton said. “Not that you need to know that … I have been, because I just think it is absolutely contrary to ‘one person, one vote.'”

Donald Trump trounced Clinton 304-227 in electoral votes. Clinton won the popular vote thanks to the heavy concentration of liberal-leaning voters residing on both coasts and large metropolitan areas. Trump dominated in middle America – flyover country usually ignored until it is time for a presidential election. The Electoral College requires a national candidate to have more than just regional appeal.

America’s smartest woman ever wants to eliminate a system that gives voice to Americans in more conservative parts of the country. The beauty of the electoral process is that a balance is struck so that each state is important. A president governs the entire country. In order to “eliminate” the Electoral College, the Constitution would have to be amended. That is a near impossible feat under the best of circumstances, given that votes in support of an amendment by two-thirds of the House and Senate then ratification by 38 states is required.


There is a movement underway to circumvent the Constitution and solely use the popular vote for presidential elections. The National Popular Vote bill guarantees the Presidency to the popular vote winner. Twelve states have enacted this bill into law – all liberal-leaning states – and now states with 98 electoral votes are needed The states that have passed it California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The District of Columbia is also included in the count.


During the speech, Hillary was able to take some shots at democracy in America as she declared a “crisis in our democracy”


In her remarks, she did not mention President Trump by name, but took some not-so-veiled swipes at the White House — talking about leaders who seek to polarize the nation, delegitimize news outlets and also spread fake news.

“Attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and reality is a core feature of authoritarianism,” she said.

“Right now we are living through a crisis in our democracy,” she said. “There are certainly not tanks in the street but what is happening today goes to the heart of who we are as a nation.”

“I say this not as a Democrat who lost an election, but an American afraid of losing a country,” she said.

Please. This is just one more excuse for her spectacular loss to a man that no one thought would win the presidency. https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/26/hillary-clinton-calls-electoral-college-troubling/ The article goes on to describe what it takes to amend the constitution to eliminate the electoral college. It talks of ms. Albright and her words on the matter at a graduation address. The article talks of a pact by some states to give their EC votes to the popular vote winner regardless of the results of their own voters.

 

Hillary is a permanent victim blaming Heartland America and Fox News for her defeat.

 

This is my 2nd post on this site so I feel it appropriate.

"Lock her up, Lock her up, lock her up ')

 

Well said!

 

Hillary Clinton is the reason I am here today 2 years ago I cared nothing for politics but she drove me to become passionate to the point it's effecting my friendships. My friends think I'm crazy and as the only Republican in the room I get heckled and belittled but I've learnt that you have to have a tough skin if you want to defend what you believe to be right..