Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, advocated for eliminating the Electoral College during a fundraiser at California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s private home, according to CNN’s Aaron Pellish — and Trump supporters went ballistic.
“I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go,” Walz said. “We need national popular vote, but that’s not the world we live in.”
According to Pew Research, a clear majority of Americans, 63 percent, support eliminating the Electoral College, which elects the president through an indirect system that mostly involves states appointing electors on behalf of voters. It isn’t guaranteed to match the popular vote.
Former President Donald Trump has also previously called for eliminating the Electoral College, calling it a “disaster for democracy” because he believed, incorrectly, it was responsible for former President Barack Obama’s defeat of Mitt Romney in 2012.
After Trump won the Electoral College despite losing the popular vote in 2016, Trump supporters have proclaimed it crucial to the American system and the Founding Fathers’ wishes.
And many came out of the woodwork to scream this on social media in response to Walz’s comments.