Amy Coney Bullshit

Tell State Governments: "The Electoral College has allowed Republicans to cement minority rule, with a 5-4 majority on the court now appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote in their first election. Tell every state government to enact the National Popular Vote Compact and end the Electoral College!" ADD YOUR NAME Welp. Amy Coney Barrett was just confirmed to the Supreme Court. The Republicans who voted to confirm her represent 15 million fewer Americans than their Democratic counterparts, and the Republican President who nominated her received 3 million fewer votes than his Democratic counterpart.1 While more than 60 million Americans have already voted for the next President and the next Senate, Republicans have packed another hard-right, anti-democracy Justice onto the Supreme Court with just 8 days until Election Day. Why? Because Republicans are afraid of what the majority of people in this country want. SIGN NOW: States must abolish the electoral college and prevent the tyranny of the minority! Mitch McConnell doesn't even bother to hide his real intentions: "A lot of what we've done over the last four years will be undone sooner or later by the next election. They won't be able to do much about this for a long time to come."2 With Barrett on the court days before the next election, five of the nine justices are appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. There will be as many lawyers who worked on Bush v. Gore--the corrupt party-line decision that stopped Florida from counting its citizens' votes and installed George W. Bush as President in 2000--on the Supreme Court as there are Democrats. A Republican President hasn't received a first term with the majority of the vote since 1988. The Electoral College got us into this mess. It's time to eliminate it by passing the National Popular Vote Compact in every state legislature and nullifying the Electoral College! If the Electoral College were ever to have utility, it would have been in 2016. Donald Trump was clearly unfit for the office of the Presidency, clearly corrupt, and received the votes of far fewer Americans than his opponent. But instead of protecting Americans from this disastrous President, the Electoral College was exactly the reason we've suffered for 4 years under Trump. The Electoral College was never a good idea, but the writing on the wall is clear: It's got to go. Here's how the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact works: Every state who ratifies it commits its electors to the winner of the national popular vote--but it only goes into effect after states representing 270 electoral votes (enough to elect a President) have ratified it. Then, a majority of state electors will vote to elect the winner of the popular vote, no matter how their state votes. Right now, the NPV has been passed in states representing 196 electoral votes. Barrett's illegitimate confirmation should provide the motivation for the remaining 74 votes. Imagine if our government was representative of us. Instead of looting democractic processes and holding superspreader events to keep their power, they would listen to the 1.1 million folks pushed out of the workforce by the pandemic and pass a relief package. We could ensure everyone has access to rapid testing, PPE, and find a way to safely open schools. We could take on climate change give everyone health care including affordable abortion care, give everyone a living wage, protect LGBTQ, reduce gun violence, and prioritze public education. We could restore democracy. Let's do it. In solidarity, Mike Phelan Progress America 1 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/gop-senators-representing-a-minority-of-americans-are-preventing-a-fair-impeachment-trial/ 2 https://www.npr.org/2020/10/25/927615174/senate-republicans-advance-barretts-supreme-court-nomination DONATE NOW Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Progress America, please click here.