Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
Having failed to defeat President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election, Senate Democrats now want to change the rules.
Ironically, however, those same Senate Democrats do not seem to understand that the arguments they make for destroying a core principle of our federal republic would also justify eliminating the Senate itself.
Monday on the social media platform X, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, announced a “bill to abolish the Electoral College, restoring democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone.”
BREAKING: A group of Senate Democrats introduce bill to abolish the Electoral College, restoring democracy by allowing the direct election of presidents through popular vote alone. — Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) December 16, 2024
Durbin, who has also proposed arming illegal immigrants, joined two of his colleagues, Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Democratic Sen. …
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