Article snippet: While Ocasio-Cortez has been relatively silent on social media over the past week, she made waves after posting a video on Instagram Monday, mocking the Electoral College, and by consequence, Middle America’s voice. “Alright everyone it’s been a minute. We’re coming to you live from the Electoral College,” she said as her video panned to empty plainlands. “Many votes here, as you can see. Very efficient way to choose leadership of the country. I mean, I can’t think of any other way. Can you?” she asked: She followed her video with an article from the Intelligencer, which supposedly debunks the need for the Electoral College. “To all the Republicans getting big mad bc the electoral college is, in fact, a scam,” she wrote, referring to an article titled “Here’s Every Defense of the Electoral College — and Why They’re All Wrong.” The backlash was swift, but the freshman lawmaker doubled down Friday. “I see Fox News is big mad about abolishing the electoral college,” she began, listing off reasons she believes it is outdated and nonsensical. One of the reasons the GOP opposes abolishing the age-old system, Ocasio-Cortez suggested, is because it “knows” it is not the majority: Ocasio-Cortez’s assessment, of course, is patently false. As Breitbart News explained: “It will be Los Angeles and New York, Malibu and Manhattan, that will have a disproportionate amount of voice in these elections,” Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk told Breitbart News at the Young Women’s Lead... Link to the full article to read more
Ocasio-Cortez Returns to Twitter to Slam Electoral College | Breitbart
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