Who didn’t see this coming? Yeah, pretty much everyone did.

The House of Representatives has officially introduced House Joint Resolution 14, proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. Because even when Democrats win, they want to make sure that they are the ONLY ONES who can ever win again.

https://twitter.com/RepAshleyHinson/status/1349771879909892105

And that would be what would happen. The country would literally be ruled by the coastal states and middle America would rarely, if ever, get a say in a presidential election again.

Now, is this bill going to move quickly through the House? Who knows. If it gets through the House, will it pass through the Senate? Gee, it sure would be nice if the Senate was under Republican control for the next two years as a bulwark against the craziness the House wishes to pass, but we don’t have that. Instead, Republicans are stuck hoping that Joe Manchin decides to buck the Democrat leadership and not wipe out things like the filibuster and vote for court-packing, and therefore doesn’t feel like upsetting the Constitution to abolish the electoral college. It’s a legitimate hope, given Manchin’s comments, but a very thin one that should not have been gambled upon or should be counted on.

And if it passes both House and Senate, then the amendment would have to be ratified by the states. Now, the math is not exactly on the Democrats’ side when it comes to passing an amendment to abolish the electoral college – or any amendment, actually. Amendments must be passed by two-thirds of the House, two-thirds of the Senate, and then ratified by three-fourths of the states. So a simple majority for Democrats in the House, and a tiebreaker majority in the Senate, is not going to be enough to pass an amendment.

That does not mean that just because the math isn’t in the Democrats’ favor, they aren’t going to try their hardest to change public opinion on the electoral college. The popular vote sounds simpler and more appealing to a population that was never required to study constitutional civics, but who doesn’t realize that it would permanently hand over control to the largest and most populous states. Anyone feel like letting California pick the president every single election from here on out?

So, how do we stop Democrats from trying to get rid of the electoral college?

First, educate people. Share the Prager University video above, or perhaps this one from Khan Academy that breaks down the electoral college math for older kids (it was produced in 2011 and uses the 2008 election as its reference). Too many people hear “electoral college” and just don’t know what on earth it means. Since we can no longer trust the media or our schools to be honest brokers of information, we must educate ourselves and those around us.

Second, write/call/email your Representatives and Senators. They deserve an earful from their constituents at all times, and never more so when they are actually considering changing the United States Consitution with an amendment that would permanently alter the way we do presidential elections.

Finally, stay vigilant. The next two years are going to be difficult ones legislatively and executively, I have no doubt of that. How we choose to respond now matters. Are we going to spend our time pointing fingers, nitpicking, and tearing apart what we do have? Or are we going to regroup, retrench, strategize, and stay focused on what needs to be our first midterm aim – winning back the House from the likes of Nancy Pelosi and the Squad? If we can do that, then this type of insane attempt to rewrite the Constitution can be stopped before it gets started.

Featured image: original Victory Girls art by Darleen Click