DEFORESTATION.
HITTING BACK ON TWITTER SAYING
HE IS OVERREACTING FOR POLITICAL
REASONS.
>> WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE
FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, MANY
VOTES HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO LEADERSHIP
OF THE COUNTRY.
>> Sandra: THAT WAS
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS WOMAN
CATCHING HEAT IN THE HEARTLAND
OVER THAT INSTAGRAM VIDEO WHERE
SHE IS CALLING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE OF RACIST SCAM.
THIS IS THE FEDERAL JUDGMENT
DEALS A MAJOR BLOW TO
PROGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO REPLACE
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WITH A
NATIONWIDE POPULAR VOTE.
LET'S BRING IN THE FORMER
COUNSEL TO THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WHO JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING AGREED TO HAVE YOU
HERE THIS MORNING.
YOU HEARD THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN THERE MAKE THAT
POINT.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT IS PART OF A
SERIES OF EFFORTS THAT ARE
INCREASINGLY POPULAR ON THE
PROGRESSIVE LEFT TO GO AFTER THE
FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND
DELEGITIMIZE THEM AND USE
INFLAMMATORY TERMS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE COMPLICATED
BUT SOUND ARGUMENTS FOR THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WHICH WERE
LAID OUT IN "THE FEDERALIST"
PAPERS BY OUR FOUNDERS.
I THINK THIS SERVES THE COUNTRY
WELL FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS,
CERTAINLY RECKLESS TO CALL THEM
RACIST.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE
ELECTORAL SYSTEM, SHE IS FREE TO
ADVOCATE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT TO DO SO BUT THIS KIND
OF LANGUAGE IS REALLY, REALLY
DESTRUCTIVE COMING FROM A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS.
>> Sandra: MEANWHILE, EXPAND
ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM THIS
FEDERAL COURT AS YOU SEE ON THE
FoxNews.com HEADLINE
UNDERCUTTING PROGRESSIVE EFFORTS
TO NULLIFY THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, WHERE ELECTORS CAN VOTE
FREELY.
WHAT WAS THE DECISION MADE?
>> THIS IS ABOUT FAITHLESS
ELECTORS AND THE RIGHT OF
MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE WHICH
IS THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTIONAL
DESIGN AND LOTS OF FOLKS ON THE
LEFT WHO DON'T LIKE THE SYSTEM
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS WHERE
STATES CAN MAYBE FORCE THE HAND
OF THEIR ELECTORS AND THAT IS
NOT GOING TO WORK MOST LIKELY.
IF YOU WANT TO RESTRUCTURE THE
SYSTEM, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT
USING THE TOOLS THE FOUNDERS
GAVE US WHICH IS ARTICLE FIVE OF
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
AMENDMENT PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY SPEAKING OUT IN
PARTICULAR, THE SENATOR REACTING
TO WHAT SHE HEARD THERE, SHE
SAID ACTUALLY TWEETING DIRECTLY
AT HER, ELIMINATING THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE WOULD SILENCE
OUR VOICES HERE IN IOWA
AND MANY OTHER STATES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
SHE THEN MADE THE CASE AND THAT
TWEAK, THIS IS JUST MORE
EVIDENCE OF HOW OUT OF TOUCH THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE BECOME.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF ALL
OF THIS IS YOU LOOK AT THE LEGAL
ASPECTS OF WHAT IS BEING
DISCUSSED AS WE QUICKLY APPROACH
2020?
>> IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT
WE SEE THESE TWO SIDES OF THE
COUNTRY COMING APART AND THE
LEFT CASTING MUCH OF THE FEDERAL
STRUCTURE, THE EXISTENCE OF THE
SENATE, THE EXISTENCE OF THE
FILIBUSTER, THE SEPARATION OF
POWER, ALL LEGITIMATE AND ALL
PART OF A CONSPIRACY WE NEED TO
FIND WAYS TO COME TOGETHER AS A
COUNTRY WHICH IS WHAT THAT
STRUCTURE IS MEANT TO DO.
IT IS MEANT TO CREATE A SYSTEM
IN WHICH PEOPLE FROM GREAT
CONCENTRATIONS OF WEALTH AND
POWER THE CITY OF NEW YORK WHERE
CONGRESSWOMAN COMES FROM.
IF IT IS MEANT TO MAKE THEM
APPEAL TO THE BROAD SWATH OF THE
COUNTRY TO RURAL AREAS AS WELL
AS URBAN AND HOPEFULLY THE SAME
WOULD HAPPEN VICE VERSA.
>> Sandra: IT IS BACK AND
FORTH IN THE DISCUSSION AND AT