Article snippet: The Gathering Threat to the Electoral College—and to the U.S. Senate The left has a hot new cause: getting rid of the Electoral College. As is so often the case with leftist causes these days; the spearhead is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York; being social-media-savvy and telegenic, she’s the star of the progressive A-Team. Way back on October 6, 2018, AOC was tweeting: Just on August 20, she ripped into the Electoral College again, calling it a “scam… racial injustice,” which “effectively weighs white voters over voters of color.” Then, on August 23, she launched a further tweet-storm against the College: AOC concluded: In response, a few brave Republicans jumped into the social-media melee. Ernst, who is up for re-election next year, then added a further dig: “This is just more evidence of how out of touch the Democrats have become.” We might pause over Ernst’s words: The Hawkeye State lawmaker is shrewdly juxtaposing “our voices here in Iowa” with “out of touch” Democrats. Since Ernst is running in Iowa, it’s smart for her to stick up for Iowa. Two days later, Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas also tweeted back at AOC: We can admire Crenshaw’s stipulation that the U.S. is a “republic.” He’s quite right, of course, insofar as James Madison’s Constitution explicitly lays out a formula for a mixed government, aimed at thwarting both tyranny and mob rule. Yet in the meantime, unhindered by concerns about the Constitution, the anti-Electoral College jug... Link to the full article to read more