Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said during a fundraiser Tuesday that the Electoral College “needs to be abolished,” according to Politico.
Walz made the comments to the crowd at the event, which also featured Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after he reportedly made similar comments at an earlier fundraiser in Seattle. According to Go to Politico. Some Democrats have slammed the electoral college system. This is because the electoral system allows a candidate who lost the national popular vote to still be elected president, as was the case in the 2016 election when former President Donald Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (Related article: 'Clown': CNN's Scott Jennings roasts Waltz after panelist calls VP candidate 'consequential')
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“I think everyone knows we need to abolish the Electoral College,” Walz said, according to Politico. “We need a national popular vote that means something. But that's not the world we live in.”
Notably, Walz's running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, said during the 2019 campaign that she was “open to the discussion” of abolishing the electoral college system. exterior While running for the White House in the 2020 campaign, he appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” However, the abolition of the electoral system is advertised as follows. supporter A bulwark against mob rule is not a Harris-Waltz campaign position, a campaign spokesperson told Politico.
“Governor Walz believes that every vote counts in the Electoral College and is honored to be traveling the country and battleground states to drum up support for Candidate Harris Walz. “He was commenting to his many strong supporters about how his campaign is structured to win 270 electoral votes,” a campaign spokesperson told the outlet. Ta. “And he was grateful for their support in funding these efforts.”
Other than Trump, the only other president since 1900 to lose the popular vote and win the presidency through the electoral college system was former President George W. Bush in 2000. According to In Encyclopedia Britannica.
Harris-Waltz's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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