What is it with Dems and U.S. History? We told you about AOC botching the 22nd Amendment, now here’s Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with her thoughts on the Electoral College:

Our democracy is built on the principle of one person, one vote. It can't function until we restore that principle. It's time to abolish the Electoral College. https://t.co/TACwKfAZBN — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) April 1, 2019

Nope, not for April Fool’s Day:

I actually did not respond when I saw this article tweeted earlier today because I thought it was an April Fool's prank. https://t.co/htTQgqHU0c — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 2, 2019

We seem to remember something different from our U.S. History classes:

our republic is not built on that principle at all. you are lying. https://t.co/HP5bdaAw4z — Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) April 2, 2019

Our democracy is built on a balanced anti-majoritarian system that includes the Electoral College and the Senate. "One person one vote" came almost two centuries later and was still never understood as being in conflict with that system. https://t.co/XyYP1A6Q3G — David Freddoso (@freddoso) April 2, 2019

“Makes no sense” puts it mildly:

"We must abolish a core foundation of our representational government to 'restore the principle' that our representational government was built on… or something… wait, that makes no sense… honestly, I'm just making this s*** up to stand out from Kamala. VOTE FOR ME!" https://t.co/VEI6tXDFOV — Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) April 2, 2019

And since we’re talking about founding principles and all, maybe she’d like to return to the days before the 17th Amendment when states picked senators?

Restore what principle, exactly? The Electoral College was in the Constitution. The founders were quite clear and intentional about putting safeguards between governance and direct democracy. If we want to restore principles here, abolish the 17th Amendment. https://t.co/xsNS2yM4CF — Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 2, 2019

The nation was actually founded on the idea that state governments should have a say in the federal legislature. Eliminate Senate elections. https://t.co/HP5bdaAw4z — Mike Beasley (@MikeBeas) April 2, 2019

So, what’s next, Sen. Gillibrand?

Since you’re a senator, you should be aware that

1) the electoral college is specifically mentioned in the Constitution,

2) there is a mechanism to amend the constitution to remove it and

3) you took an oath to support and defend the constitution. — DC Dude (@DCDude1776) April 2, 2019

Other than this we mean:

GILLIBRAND: Abolish electoral college Article V: pic.twitter.com/Nx6gVWJSWi — Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) April 2, 2019

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