(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Democrats in the U.S. Senate recently showed their true colors once again after they expressed their desire to abolish the Electoral College after Donald Trump won the 2024 election.
The Hill reported that Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hi., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., three leading leftists in the Senate, were the ones responsible for attempting to “restore democracy” by creating the majority rule electoral system.
BREAKING: A group of Senate Democrats introduce bill to abolish the Electoral College, restoring democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone.
— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) December 16, 2024
“In an election, the person who gets the most votes should win. It’s that simple,” Schatz said. “No one’s vote should count for more based on where they live. The Electoral College is outdated and it’s undemocratic. It’s time to end it.”
Durbin also released his statement criticizing the Electoral College and calling for its abolishment.
“It is time to retire this 18th-century invention that disenfranchises millions of Americans. The American people deserve to choose all their leaders,” he said.
Sen. DURBIN on bill abolishing Electoral College:
“It is time to retire this 18th century invention that disenfranchises millions of Americans. The American people deserve to choose all their leaders.”
— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) December 16, 2024
Sen. Durbin also stated on his Twitter account that he “first introduced a bipartisan resolution to abolish the Electoral College before the Bush-Gore general election in 2000.”
“I still believe it’s needed today,” he wrote.
I first introduced a bipartisan resolution to abolish the Electoral College before the Bush-Gore general election in 2000.
I still believe it’s needed today. https://t.co/APPwiDdCo2
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) December 16, 2024
However, conservatives opposed the recent proposal, with political commentator and author Mark Levin stating that if that becomes reality, “eleven blue states will decide the president.”
“All the rest of the country — the 39 other states, tens of millions of people — will literally have no say in the election of the president,” he said, according to Blaze Media. “The big metropolitan cities will decide who’s president, which would be an utter and complete disaster, but the Democrat Party wants a monopoly.”
Other conservatives also criticized the far-left senators, pointing out that, according to their point of view, the United States as a country should be abolished as well since it is an “18th-century invention” as well.
The United States is an 18th century invention you dork https://t.co/lpVTdwDqPJ
— Seamus (FreedomToons) (@seamus_coughlin) December 17, 2024
“Abolishing the Electoral College is a phenomenally bad idea. So naturally, Democrats are pushing it,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.
Abolishing the Electoral College is a phenomenally bad idea
So naturally, Democrats are pushing it https://t.co/F76GMoVDzk
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 17, 2024
In another post, Sen. Lee also pointed out that, according to the leftists’ logic, the U.S. Constitution should be abolished, too, because it was written in the 18th century.
Yes, the Constitution was ratified during the 18th century
Does that mean we should ditch it?
No!
The Electoral College was from the beginning—and is today—a fundamental part of our Constitution
Many of our most best laws are old
The Constitution is one of them
Protect it! https://t.co/eCuL2PzO8r
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 16, 2024
Other conservatives also stated that since the Electoral College was “enshrined in the Constitution,” it would “take a constitutional amendment to undo it.”
The electoral College is enshrined in The Constitution.
This means it would take a constitutional amendment to undo it.
That means 2/3s of Congress & 3/4 of the states would need to approve the change.
They can’t just pass a retarded bill and poof!
That’s not how this works. https://t.co/gf6cjmmIC8— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) December 16, 2024
It wasn’t the first time when the Democrats tried to abolish the Electoral College. While Trump was still in office, Colorado and other leftist states joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a radical effort to establish mob rule in the United States.
Among others who supported eliminating the Electoral College were one of Mitt Romney‘s top strategists, Stuart Stevens, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.
