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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has somewhat walked back his call for the Electoral College to be eliminated, not that anyone believes him.
“It’s not the campaign’s position,” he told ABC News on Thursday, referencing his previous comments.
But he then turned around and defended his previous remarks.
“The point I’m trying to make is that there’s folks that feel every vote must count in every state, and I think some of folks feel that’s not the case,” he said.
“The point I’m saying is: I’m in five states in two days, we’re out there making the case that – the campaign’s position is clear, that that’s not their position. Their position and my position is – is to make sure that everybody understands their vote, no matter what state they’re in, matters,” he added.
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ABC News just released this clip of their Tim Walz interview—and it’s rough.
In the clip he is pressed about his comments to end the electoral college. Walz and Harris are not handling these interactions well at all. pic.twitter.com/FrOdBDXSlB
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) October 11, 2024
The weak walk-back came two days after he called for the Electoral College to be eliminated during a campaign fundraiser in California.
“I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go,” he said, as originally reported by CNN. “We need a national popular vote.”
New: @Tim_Walz calls for eliminating the Electoral College during a fundraiser at Gavin Newsom’s private residence in Sacramento.
“I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go,” per a pool report. “We need national popular vote, but that’s not the world we live in.”
— Aaron Pellish (@aaronpellish) October 8, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for their part responded to the controversy by putting out a BS statement.
“Governor Walz believes that every vote matters in the Electoral College and he is honored to be traveling the country and battleground states working to earn support for the Harris-Walz ticket,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told the media.
“He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes. And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts,” they added.
Dovetailing back to the present, critics have responded to Walz’s walk-back with extreme skepticism directed at him and Harris.
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When someone lies so much then you have to lie about the lie
— Steve Cornelius (@srcorn) October 11, 2024
And yet, Harris’s campaign then tries to gaslight the public by saying that what he said was actually in support of the EC. They lie with such ease.
— Croxxed Out (@FLCons) October 11, 2024
These people can’t be trusted with the highest offices in the US. They are both liars – maybe pathological – and would not qualify for high school student council election. This is getting beyond ridiculous!
— DeWink (@DWink99) October 11, 2024
Tim Walz simply cannot tell the truth and yet he’s horrible at lying.
His explanations always make things a lot worse.
Walz is a lot like Kamala in that way.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) October 11, 2024
ALL THIS GUY DOES IS LIE. STOLEN VALOR. DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ. HIS ENDING RANK. VERY SERIOUS LIES. LIED ABOUT BEING A COACH(HE WAS AN UNPAID ASSISTANT DUE TO DWI) IVF TREATMENTS, TIENANMEN SQUARE….IT GOES ON AND ON. ALL LIES AND FABRICATIONS
— Brandon Blake (@blakeconstruct) October 11, 2024
This scandal comes five years after Harris herself told leftist comedian Jimmy Kimmel that she’s “open” to a discussion about abolishing the Electoral College.
“I’m open to the discussion,” Harris at the time. “There’s no question that the popular vote has been diminished in terms of making the final decision about who’s the president of the United States and we need to deal with that, so I’m open to the discussion.”
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(Video Credit: Jimmy Kimmel)
According to Fox News, despite Walz’s walk-back, his policy decisions as governor make it clear how he really feels.
“In May 2023, as governor, Walz signed a broad-ranging election bill that included a provision to allocate the state’s electors based on who receives the most votes nationwide, even if it doesn’t match the outcome in their state,” the network notes.
“The measure, known as the ‘National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,’ has been supported by 17 states and the District of Columbia, but will only take effect after all the states that have signed on have a total electoral vote count of 270. Right now, those supporting the reform only have 209,” according to Fox News.
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