I knew it would be widely denied that prominent liberals floated an Electoral College coup in 2016, which is why I contemporaneously saved a bunch of examples
Plenty more where that came from
Could do this all day, folks
Larry Lessig was really the hottest ticket in town for awhile. What a time to be alive
The thing about media/think tank liberals is that they're usually slightly more tactful than their right-wing counterparts when "floating" such harebrained schemes. Which gives them greater plausible deniability
But if you squint hard enough it's usually pretty easy to get the message
Michael Moore on MSNBC's "All in With Chris Hayes" -- December 16, 2016. Three days before the Electoral College formally convened
The examples are endless. Nobody says this is "the same" as what Trump is currently doing. Just something to bear in mind when you hear your favorite left/liberal media figures and operatives screaming about the sanctity of "norms"
Alright, one more. This might've been the most celebrated New York Times op-ed of December 2016, when the Electoral College subversion scheme was really gaining elite momentum. Anyone who tries to tell you this stuff didn't happen is lying
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