Lawrence O’Donnell Slams Founding Fathers for Electoral College: ‘Massive Voter Suppression Operation’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT You don ░░░░░░░░ really get to the ░░░░░░░░ likelies until after labor ░░░░░░░░ This year I m ░░░░░░░░ proud of having ignored ░░░░░░░░ polls only to discover ░░░░░░░░ final weekend that if ░░░░░░░░ spend the last two ░░░░░░░░ looking at the polls ░░░░░░░░ s enough Because you ░░░░░░░░ you have the national ░░░░░░░░ it s a pure ░░░░░░░░ Then you have this ░░░░░░░░ shock out of Iowa ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris is three ░░░░░░░░ ahead in Iowa Which ░░░░░░░░ t that shocking if ░░░░░░░░ can remember all the ░░░░░░░░ back to 2012 More ░░░░░░░░ President Obama won Iowa ░░░░░░░░ used to be something ░░░░░░░░ was winnable for Democrats ░░░░░░░░ you know that just ░░░░░░░░ you that Iowa poll ░░░░░░░░ you that there s ░░░░░░░░ happening out there that ░░░░░░░░ don t know about ░░░░░░░░ also don t know ░░░░░░░░ that s going to ░░░░░░░░ in the final outcome ░░░░░░░░ and what must always ░░░░░░░░ remembered is the vote ░░░░░░░░ suppressed in about at ░░░░░░░░ more than 40 states ░░░░░░░░ s a massive voter ░░░░░░░░ operation Created by the ░░░░░░░░ fathers The Electoral College ░░░░░░░░ got many things grotesquely ░░░░░░░░ from slavery to the ░░░░░░░░ College Think about how ░░░░░░░░ more Californians would vote ░░░░░░░░ they thought their vote ░░░░░░░░ How many more millions ░░░░░░░░ votes would Kamala Harris ░░░░░░░░ in the state of ░░░░░░░░ if those voters thought ░░░░░░░░ vote actually mattered You ░░░░░░░░ get another million in ░░░░░░░░ state of New York ░░░░░░░░ they thought the vote ░░░░░░░░ I have voted in ░░░░░░░░ states and I knew ░░░░░░░░ single time my vote ░░░░░░░░ president doesn t matter ░░░░░░░░ we know who s ░░░░░░░░ to win this state ░░░░░░░░ in those cases it ░░░░░░░░ be the Democrat every ░░░░░░░░ And so I I ░░░░░░░░ I have I know ░░░░░░░░ in Massachusetts who haven ░░░░░░░░ voted in decades Because ░░░░░░░░ just because they know ░░░░░░░░ Democrat is going to ░░░░░░░░ What do you tell ░░░░░░░░ when they say my ░░░░░░░░ doesn t matter I ░░░░░░░░ them they re right ░░░░░░░░ s true That s ░░░░░░░░ poison of the Electoral ░░░░░░░░ Your vote in Pennsylvania ░░░░░░░░ enormously and your vote ░░░░░░░░ Wisconsin matters enormously Turns ░░░░░░░░ now your vote in ░░░░░░░░ matters a lot more ░░░░░░░░ anybody thought it did ░░░░░░░░ that turn out is ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ By the way it ░░░░░░░░ be lower for Trump ░░░░░░░░ I m sure some ░░░░░░░░ in Idaho who won ░░░░░░░░ bother because they know ░░░░░░░░ s going to win ░░░░░░░░ and they re busy ░░░░░░░░ something that makes it ░░░░░░░░ to get to town ░░░░░░░░ day Okay But it ░░░░░░░░ a big big discouragement ░░░░░░░░ voters that this really ░░░░░░░░ you know it s ░░░░░░░░ 50 state country and ░░░░░░░░ s a seven state ░░░░░░░░ campaign and that suppresses ░░░░░░░░ vote totals like nothing ░░░░░░░░ It s a really ░░░░░░░░ part of the system ░░░░░░░░ is why I wanted ░░░░░░░░ mention It s a ░░░░░░░░ it s a disaster ░░░░░░░░ only reason this is ░░░░░░░░ slightly competitive is the ░░░░░░░░ College You take away ░░░░░░░░ Electoral College and Donald ░░░░░░░░ doesn t have a ░░░░░░░░ Absolutely does not have ░░░░░░░░ chance And Kamala Harris ░░░░░░░░ be spending an awful ░░░░░░░░ of time getting more ░░░░░░░░ out of California alone ░░░░░░░░ she can get out ░░░░░░░░ every one of these ░░░░░░░░ states.