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Democrats are conspiring to reelect Trump
March 22, 2019
by Dana Milbank
Watch in slow motion as Democrats, goaded by the media, conspire to reelect President Trump:
Voters care about the economy and making education and health care affordable. And so Democrats are talking about . . . abolishing the electoral college?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) started the latest distraction at a CNN town hall on Monday. “Get rid of the electoral college,†she said, neglecting to mention that this has zero chance of occurring in the foreseeable future.
The media took it from there.
On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Garrett Haake pressed former representative Beto O’Rourke (Tex.): “Getting rid of the electoral college: Is that an idea you’re exploring?â€
O’Rourke saw “wisdom†in the idea.
On Fox News, Martha MacCallum said “everybody†is talking about “abandoning the electoral college†and asked former representative John Delaney (Md.) his view.
“It’s a total waste of time to talk about it,†Delaney replied.
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