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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 11:14 PM Aug 2019

Watch Chris Hayes' epic takedown of GOP congressman fighting to maintain minority rule in America

Published 2 hours ago on August 30, 2019

By Bob Brigham

MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes demolished a Republican congressman from Texas for fighting against the concept of one person, one vote.

“So the Republicans this week were attacking … Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and in their defense, they do that every week. I don’t know why. She drives them nuts for some reason,” Hayes explained to the live studio audience and TV viewers.

“This week they were attacking her because she went after an institution that has become kind of sacred, I think, to Republicans, and that’s the Electoral College,” he explained.

“AOC’s argument was basically that the Electoral College unfairly diminishes the voting power of some Americans and therefore is incompatible with our basic democratic commitments. That was the argument,” Hayes explained. “Republicans flipped out, all right. They went after her very hard.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/watch-chris-hayes-epic-takedown-of-gop-congressman-fighting-to-maintain-minority-rule-in-america/

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Watch Chris Hayes' epic takedown of GOP congressman fighting to maintain minority rule in America (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2019 OP
k and r no text Stuart G Aug 2019 #1
Kick! UCmeNdc Aug 2019 #2
K&R nt Granny M Aug 2019 #3
I had to reply to a twitter fight about this a couple weeks ago. forgotmylogin Aug 2019 #4
Where did this story originate??? I know rawstory didn't MagickMuffin Aug 2019 #5
Here is the full show from last night............................ turbinetree Aug 2019 #6
Thx, turbinetree MagickMuffin Aug 2019 #7
Your welcome................. turbinetree Aug 2019 #8

forgotmylogin

(7,527 posts)
4. I had to reply to a twitter fight about this a couple weeks ago.
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 03:21 AM
Aug 2019

This guy was like "Without the Electoral College, unpopulated areas are not fairly represented!"

I replied, "If a politician makes a speech in an unpopulated area of Wyoming and nobody is there to hear it, does it sound like representation?"

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
5. Where did this story originate??? I know rawstory didn't
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 09:39 AM
Aug 2019

So . . . .Please for the love of Goddess . . . . Where can I find the original article???

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