Former comedian Rosie O'Donnell was one of the many liberals who decided to film and share their meltdowns over President Donald Trump's landslide victory this week.
O'Donnell suggested in a Wednesday TikTok video that Kamala Harris' crushing defeat signaled again the need for a radical transformation of the American republic, namely the abolition of the Electoral College. Trump secured 312 electoral votes Tuesday, and Harris managed to nab only 226 votes.
It appears the grieving Trump critic was unaware that even without that institution, which enhances the status of minority interests and prompts political candidates to appeal to the whole of the nation as opposed to a few populous coastal states, she still would have ended up crying on TikTok.
O'Donnell's video was captioned, "I remain stunned and kinda numb #thankyoukamalaharris," with the addition, "resist fascism #neverforget" — an apparent attempt to draw a parallel between Trump's success and the Holocaust.
Holding back tears, the 62-year-old Trump critic, who celebrated the Republican president's felony conviction earlier this year, said, "So what can we say? We watched Kamala do her speech — must have been very difficult to do — and Claire McCaskill crying on 'Deadline White House' with Nicolle Wallace, and so many touching videos from people today talking about how to take care of yourself when you're, you know, overwhelmed and stressed and scared."
"Get ready," said O'Donnell, "because we're in for one hell of a ride with him at the helm and no immunity guardrails."
Hours before the former comedian posted her video, the markets surged in response to Trump's win — the first time the Dow jumped over 1,000 points in a single day since November 2022.
Midway through the video, O'Donnell said, "How about we get rid of the Electoral College? Does that — anybody like that? Anyone? I'm not so sure any more. It's a popular vote. That's what we need to do. Who gets the most votes wins. One vote, one person. No racist math in the equation. Okay?
"That's what I'd like to do," continued O'Donnell. "Spend my life doing that, right. Find a cause you believe in and go right for it."
'Who is going to tell her?'
President Trump not only won a landslide victory where it counts — the Electoral College — but also became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. At the time of publication, Decision Desk HQ indicated that Trump had nearly 73 million votes — 4,637,738 million more votes than Harris. The difference roughly amounts to the population of Louisiana.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted, "The scope of the victory — electoral swing state domination, popular vote victory, and a Republican-controlled Senate — represents a decisive rejection of the Biden-Harris administration."
Critics online poked fun at O'Donnell's failure to appreciate that her advocacy would likely not have prevented another Trump victory.
"Who is going to tell her?" wrote one X user.
The Pittsburgh-based sports commentator John Steigerwald asked, "Is she still in favor of packing the Supreme Court?"
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Should Nikki Haley drop out?
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley lost the GOP presidential primary election to Donald Trump in her home state of South Carolina.
But that’s not stopping her from acting like she won, which many Americans, including Sara Gonzales, find interesting.
“Nikki Haley has now lost four times consecutively, if you count Nevada,” Gonzales says, noting that she’s wondering why Haley is still in the race.
“If it’s me, I’m like, ‘I don’t even want to go to South Carolina, I’m going to be embarrassed,’” Gonzales continues, adding, “I would rather not have that on the record. He’s going to beat me by like 30, 40 points, and this is just going to be really embarrassing.'”
Stu Burguiere feels a little differently, as Super Tuesday is just over a week away and she’s stuck it out until now, anyway.
“She’s going to lose more,” Stu says, adding that though she will lose, “she will pick up some delegates.”
“The only play for her at this point is to try to be the alternative in case the Trump thing completely falls apart for whatever reason, God forbid,” he adds.
However, even if Trump were thrown in jail, Stu doesn’t believe that means she would secure the nomination.
“At this point,” he says, “I think we’d all agree she’s burned whatever MAGA sort of street cred she had left from her time serving in the administration.”
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