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AOC calls the Electoral College a 'scam,' says it has a 'racial injustice breakdown'
By Joseph Wulfsohn
Published August 20, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., took aim at the Electoral College, calling it a "scam" and suggesting it disenfranchises people of color.
In an Instagram story posted Monday, Ocasio-Cortez began by joking that she saw "many votes" while driving through the desert, which she sarcastically referred to as the "electoral college."
She then cited several excerpts from a New York Magazine article that refutes arguments in favor of the Electoral College, telling Republicans that the system "is, in fact, a scam."
"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."
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The "Squad" member 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, and said that eliminating the Electoral College would end the "special treatment of some voters over others."
"#FactsAreFacts, America. The Electoral College has got to go," Ocasio-Cortez concluded.
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