AOC: The Electoral College is a Racist ‘Scam’
Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for election system to be scrapped
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Celebrity Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has taken to social media, calling for the Electoral College to be scrapped because it's a "scam."
Ocasio-Cortez claims that the body of electors, whose votes are required to elect a US president, is racist, suggesting it disenfranchises people of color.
In a Monday Instagram post, Ocasio-Cortez joked that she saw "many votes" while driving through the desert.
She went on to sarcastically refer to it as the "electoral college."
The far-left AOC Squad leader then cited several excerpts from a New York Magazine article that refutes arguments in favor of the Electoral College.
AOC told Republicans that she thinks the system "is, in fact, a scam."
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"The Electoral College has a racial injustice breakdown," Ocasio-Cortez said.
"Due to severe racial disparities in certain states, the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as opposed to a 'one person, one vote' system where all our votes are counted equally."
It is well past time we eliminate the Electoral College, a shadow of slavery’s power on America today that undermines our nation as a democratic republic. https://t.co/00HZN3MI6F
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 6, 2018
The controversial Democrat went on to blast the argument that the Electoral College would give rural states a "fair shake."
"Could you image if we had this kind democracy-altering 'fairness' provision for literally any other group?" the congresswoman asked.
"If we weighed, for example, black and indigenous voters more because of unfairness?"
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She later pointed to Republicans who live in blue states and how their votes "count equally" in a popular vote.
The socialist lawmaker claims that eliminating the Electoral College would end the "special treatment of some voters over others."
"#FactsAreFacts, America," Ocasio-Cortez concluded.
"The Electoral College has got to go."
