Don’t Give Democrats Credit For Conceding. They Had No Other Options
Don't be fooled by Democrats' uncharacteristic acceptance of election results. It's their only move right now.
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TheBlaze's Chris Enloe noted this weekend that while Democrats are rebuking Republicans for planning Wednesday to oppose the Electoral College certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory due to fraud concerns, Democrats themselves have a robust history of doing that very thing.
And a damning, resurfaced video underscores what's already on the public record.
The video is a compilation of clips from congressional sessions following the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, both won by Republican George W. Bush — and in the clips Democrats launched protests against Bush's electoral votes.
In January 2001, Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas spoke about the "millions of Americans who have been disenfranchised by Florida's inaccurate vote count" — a statement that drew jeers in the chamber.
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In January 2005, Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio told a joint session of Congress that "the objection today is raised because there [were] irregularities across this country with regard to voting, and we as a Congress have an obligation to step up to the plate and correct them."
Also during the 2005 session, Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers of Michigan said, "We're here because not a single election official in Ohio has given us any explanation for the massive and widespread irregularity in the state, no explanation for the machines ... that recorded [then-Democratic presidential nominee John] Kerry votes for Bush."
That wasn't all. The Washington Post reported that during the January 2001 session, words such as "fraud" and "disenfranchisement" were heard above Republicans calling for "regular order."
More from the paper:
The Democratic protest was led by Black Caucus members who share the feeling among black leaders that votes in the largely African American precincts overwhelmingly carried by [then-Democratic presidential nominee Al] Gore were not counted because of faulty voting machines, illicit challenges to black voters and other factors.
"It's a sad day in America," Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said as he turned toward Gore. "The chair thanks the gentleman from Illinois, but . . . " Gore replied.
At the end of their protest, about a dozen members of the Black Caucus walked out of the House chamber as the roll call of the states continued.
The Post added that then-House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) urged the Black Caucus members not to raise objections because Gore didn't support such a move, but caucus members argued in a news conference that they had to challenge Bush's election.
"There comes a time you have to take your destiny into your own hands, no matter what is being said by whom," Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said at the time, the paper reported.
Democrats have been loudly clamoring for an end to the Electoral College for the last two decades.
Their demands began in earnest when Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election. That was the first time since 1888 that the winner of the Electoral College lost the popular vote.
Since then, the cries to abolish the Electoral College have grown only more shrill — especially following President Donald Trump's win in 2016 over Hillary Clinton, despite losing the popular vote.
For example, just this week, CNN's Don Lemon was caught saying we need to "blow up the entire system" should the Senate confirm Trump's forthcoming nomination to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
A key step in blowing up the system, Lemon said, was "to get rid of the Electoral College ... because the minority in this country decides who the judges are and they decide who the president is. Is that — is that fair?"
Today's attacks on the system established by the Founding Fathers are not new or unique. But are they working?
According to a poll published by Gallup on Thursday, they seem to be.
Gallup asked voters if they would prefer to amend the Constitution and select the president by popular vote or keep the current Electoral College, 61% of Americans said they would prefer electing the president via popular vote. Just 38% want to keep the current system.
A vast majority of Democrats (89%) and a strong majority of independents (68%) backed the popular vote, while just 23% of Republicans felt the same.
61% of Americans favor amending the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote.… https://t.co/uDI2YtYoMR— GallupNews (@GallupNews)1600953903.0
Though the current support for the popular vote is not an all-time high for the Gallup poll — 62% of Americans in 2011 held that view — it is reflective of the growing movement to jettison the Electoral College since President Trump's victory four years ago. In 2016, 49% of voters wanted to move to the popular vote, while 47% supported the system we have today. In 2019, those numbers jumped to 55% and 43%, respectively.
Broken down by party, the GOP has consistently been less supportive of the popular vote than Democrats.
In 2000, 42% of Republicans supported moving to the popular vote, and 74% of Democrats said the same.
By 2011, the share of Republicans feeling that way had jumped 11 points to 53%, while Democrats had dropped 3 points to 71%.
In 2016, GOP support for the popular vote plummeted to 17%, while Democrats increased to 81%.
89% of Democrats favor amending the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote.… https://t.co/ULR2mVpd6I— GallupNews (@GallupNews)1600979405.0