Some on the left are trying to come to grips with the possibility that Donald Trump will win re-election next year. And what if Trump does indeed win in the exact way prescribed in the U.S. Constitution? It’ll be a “real threat to Democracy,” according to NY Times columnist Jamelle Bouie:
i still think folks are underestimating the danger of this outcome and the real threat it poses to american democracy. https://t.co/RUxWCVfMks
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 19, 2019
my case for electoral college reform really boils down to the fact that it's simply not sustainable to have these wide splits between the popular vote and the electoral college.
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 19, 2019
americans have an expectation of one person, one vote, even if that isn't the reality. and two consecutive outcomes where there is significant divergence between the popular vote and the electoral college is the kind of thing that undermines people's faith in the system itself.
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 19, 2019
even if you buy the folk civics explanation that the electoral college is meant to give rural and less populated states greater or equal say over presidential election outcomes, there is a point where the divergence becomes extreme and anti-republican
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 19, 2019
Here’s a much shorter version of that thread:
The constitution is a threat to democracy. https://t.co/SWZN2TxZCk
— Stephen (@sjbftmlsc) July 19, 2019
Recommended
That’s been a common theme among the Resistance ever since Trump beat Hillary Clinton:
Trump winning an election as declared by the constitution poses a threat to American democracy. https://t.co/HqPnSQM5DQ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 19, 2019
Which happens first? Coastal Democrats moving to Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wyoming to save the republic or amending the Constitution abolishing the electoral college?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 19, 2019
Place your bets!
This just in: fair election results are a threat to democracy. https://t.co/1IxBL6HY3j
— Seventeen, The Man (@SEVENTEENtheMAN) July 19, 2019
Trump wins 49 states by 2 million votes (popular) and loses CA by 5 million because the GOP is almost extinct there. Obviously, f*ck the other 49 states amirite?
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) July 19, 2019
You don’t understand how the American Government works https://t.co/MgA19vdB8w
— todd. (@tsturk8) July 19, 2019
We are a constitutional republic https://t.co/qqkTwcDL8k
— @WorleyClarence (@WorleyClarence1) July 19, 2019
Is there a SINGLE real journalist left at the NYT? It's worse than Pravda.
— Norman P. Collinsworth (@TwittCensors) July 19, 2019
A fresh round of “Schoolhouse Rock” is desperately needed, but it would probably be ignored.
you can always immediately disregard anyone who says things like this. The popular vote is not in the constitution, the popular vote is fluff. its the RBI of baseball. We have 50 state elections, not 1 national election. That determines the winner of the presidency. https://t.co/wQp9MomZ9Q
— John (@John_Faker) July 19, 2019
It’s almost impossible to satirize the Left anymore:
This isn't even satire it's their real view.
— A (@Aposter1228) July 19, 2019