Actress, singer and outspoken liberal Barbra Streisand says that the Electoral College–a bedrock feature of America’s Republican democracy and part of the genius of the country’s founder–is an “assault on our democratic principles.”
‘Antiquated’
The Washington Post apparently reached out to Streisand for a story on what the U.S. Constitution means to today’s Left, reportedly also interviewing Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Streisand told the Post that our current constitutional system is “antiquated” and said it should be replaced by a system that gives the winner of the popular vote the presidency.
RELATED: Barbra Streisand Tries to Impress the Clintons at Her Concert by Mocking Trump
Barbra Streisand calls for abolishing "antiquated" Electoral College https://t.co/lkWe1Ft1G2 pic.twitter.com/t2ERPDv2DK
— The Hill (@thehill) September 4, 2019
“The 14th Amendment of our Constitution actualized what many of the Founders wanted, promoting equal protection under the law for all Americans,” Streisand said. “If I could, I would end the antiquated electoral college. Twice in the last 20 years the popular vote winner was denied the presidency. This is an assault on our democratic principles, where the dictum should hold true: one person, one vote.”
Liberals Have Been Wanting to Get Rid of the Electoral College for a Long Time
Streisand is by no means not the first progressive to bash the Electoral College.
It has become a got-to issue for many of Democratic presidential candidates, and not just this cycle. Democrats called for abolishing the college when Al Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but the White House went to George W. Bush. Obviously, the Left is still upset the same scenario played out for Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 against Donald Trump.
[totalpoll id=”161470″]
Visit our friends at WHATFINGERNEWS: The Internet’s Conservative Homepage
2020 Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, have called for the abolishment of the Electoral College.
Barbra Streisand: The Electoral College ‘an Assault on Our Democratic Principles’ https://t.co/mjvr1hFjVh
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) September 6, 2019
Streisand Has Said This Before
This is not the first time Streisand has banged this drum either. She said last year that she was brought to tears when Clinton lost to Trump, and was angry that the election results didn’t change despite the fact that Clinton received 2.9 million more votes than her Republican opponent.
Streisand said the whole experience left her “numb”
“So, I was in tears,” 77-year-old Streisand said of the last presidential election.“We walked around of kind of numb. I’m still a little bit numb because I can’t believe it happened, since, you know, Hillary got 2.9 million more votes than Trump and she’s not the president, so I don’t know.”
“This antiquated Electoral College doesn’t sit well with me,” Streisand added. “It’s not fair. I think the people should vote for who the leader is of our country.”
Here’s how “fair” U.S. elections would be if we ditched the Electoral College, compliments of OANN’s Liz Wheeler.
Red & orange areas have the same population. Imagine if orange elected our president every election & red was completely ignored. Exactly why we need to keep the Electoral College. pic.twitter.com/aiCuItbiVC
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) July 19, 2019
The Founding Fathers did not want elites in more populated metropolitan areas to have an advantage over America’s rural population. The Electoral College is the system they implemented to prevent this from happening.
Streisand and her liberals friends want to get rid of the current system precisely because they have no problem with coastal elites dictating to the rest of the country.
God help us if we ever abolish the Electoral College.
God help us if we ever started listening to Barbara Streisand!
STUPID Hollywood Stars who the hell made any of you a voice of knowledge.
You may be a great actor and singer but Your NOT any expert on politics.
Stick with your talent OK
You are entitled to your opinion but don”t use the LOOK AT ME I A STAR crap
I consider most of you Hollywood people just a bunch of fools that live in LA LA land
So TRUE
So TRUE
Most communists would call for the elimination of the electoral college and any other democratic process. After all socialists and communist are all about anarchy, discord, violence and control of all the citizenry by eventual illegal inhumane force when they have acquired power. The Hollyweirds have all become the new Joe McCarthy’s. “Give us a list and we will refuse to let them work with us.” This woman is and always has been rather ditsey.
Most communists would call for the elimination of the electoral college and any other democratic process. After all socialists and communist are all about anarchy, discord, violence and control of all the citizenry by eventual illegal inhumane force when they have acquired power. The Hollyweirds have all become the new Joe McCarthy’s. “Give us a list and we will refuse to let them work with us.” This woman is and always has been rather ditsey.
The Fellatiocrats placed such tremendous belief in what the Criminal Left Media said about who would win the 2016 election. When their bubble so entertainingly burst like did the Hindenburg, it was like a bucket of ice water thrown onto a sleeping man. Their shock and horror was shattering for them. Never did they believe a ne’er-do-well like Trump would slaughter their champion. But the American People were sick and tired of eight long and miserable years of Smegmabama. We yearned for Liberty; we had no more desire for socialism advancing toward the tyranny of Communism under someone who had no verifiable history…
What gives Ms Streisand the right to stick her nose in the political system of the USA? She is a singer and a questionable actress/director. Entertainment is her arena and she should stick to what she knows best – singing to an audience. Nobody is interested in what she thinks, except James Brolin and a few of her close friends. Just because she travels in the same circles as Hillary and Bill Clinton does not make her a political know it all.
What gives Ms Streisand the right to stick her nose in the political system of the USA? She is a singer and a questionable actress/director. Entertainment is her arena and she should stick to what she knows best – singing to an audience. Nobody is interested in what she thinks, except James Brolin and a few of her close friends. Just because she travels in the same circles as Hillary and Bill Clinton does not make her a political know it all.
Hey Barbara – Don’t you have some Weinstein dick to go lick? I’m sure, if given the chance, and a good hiding place, you’d suck POTUS dick too.
I just wonder who gives a Sh*t what Barbara Streisand says….I sure don’t.
I just wonder who gives a Sh*t what Barbara Streisand says….I sure don’t.
Streisand and her Hollywood elites are nothing to me and it’s been proven that those 2.9 million votes were rigged ! If the Electoral College were to be eliminated and every election decided by the small over populated west coast ant same at the east coast I would imagine the shyt hitting the fan over that shyt. This country is headed to a civil war simply because socialist, communist and radical Islamics have been allowed to enter this country .
Streisand and her Hollywood elites are nothing to me and it’s been proven that those 2.9 million votes were rigged ! If the Electoral College were to be eliminated and every election decided by the small over populated west coast ant same at the east coast I would imagine the shyt hitting the fan over that shyt. This country is headed to a civil war simply because socialist, communist and radical Islamics have been allowed to enter this country .
By George, she is as dumb as she looks!
STREISAND NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED. Shut up and sing biotch or whatever you do these days.
STREISAND NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED. Shut up and sing biotch or whatever you do these days.
BARBARA!
Stick to singing and keep your Pie-Hole shut when it comes to the Constitution!
SO! NOW YOU KNOW MORE THAN OUR FOUNDING FATHERS????
GET A NOSE JOB!!!!!
BARBARA!
Stick to singing and keep your Pie-Hole shut when it comes to the Constitution!
SO! NOW YOU KNOW MORE THAN OUR FOUNDING FATHERS????
GET A NOSE JOB!!!!!
LARRY I COULDN’T AGREE WITH U MORE!!!!!
Didn’t Benghazi Killery want to do away with the Electoral College when she lost ???
Is “Babs” as dumb as Killery, or, is Killery as dumb as “Babs? ”
Cranio-Rectal insertion seems to be a Californication DNA
flaw. President Trump in 2020 !!
Didn’t Benghazi Killery want to do away with the Electoral College when she lost ???
Is “Babs” as dumb as Killery, or, is Killery as dumb as “Babs? ”
Cranio-Rectal insertion seems to be a Californication DNA
flaw. President Trump in 2020 !!
So, according to you, it only became an issue when OUR President was elected, and YOU lost the election. All the years of Nobama and the Clinton Cartel it was just fine. Typical Liberal Hypocrite!!!
So, according to you, it only became an issue when OUR President was elected, and YOU lost the election. All the years of Nobama and the Clinton Cartel it was just fine. Typical Liberal Hypocrite!!!
You need to sit in the corner and sing “People”. In fact, maybe you should listen to the words. What makes you people from Hollywood think that you are so important and that people actually listen to you. ? Keep to the singing and get out of politics. You know nothing. Stay with the liberals and fight for your right to kill babies. Sludge !
I will give her this, she does/did have a good voice and enjoyed many of her recordings………………..that being said, she should stick to singing and keep her mouth shut when it comes to politics because she is way out of her league!
I will give her this, she does/did have a good voice and enjoyed many of her recordings………………..that being said, she should stick to singing and keep her mouth shut when it comes to politics because she is way out of her league!
And what else can we expect from a woman whose face is attached to her nose?
The communist democrats use the word “democracy” to undermine the Constitution plain and simple.
The communist democrats use the word “democracy” to undermine the Constitution plain and simple.
Interesting I never heard a liberal complain about the EC for 200 years until, well, until the most dishonest, evil, and corrupt politician in the history of the United States lost an election. So, since we know that that woman committed perjury, lied about and destroyed subpoenaed evidence, and paid for a fraudulent document used to illegally spy on her opponent’s campaign and later in an attempt to unseat the duly elected president, and we see “Barbra’s” suggestion that the “EC,” NOT Obama, Clinton, the DOJ, the FBI, etc. are “an assault on our democratic principles,” we see all we need to know about Barbra and liberals everywhere.
Heyyyyy! Look who is still alive babes , and I thought she was a goner, she stuck her head out of the hole in the ground she was in and saw her ugly shadow and went back in the hole and hopefully we won’t hear from her for six more years
Heyyyyy! Look who is still alive babes , and I thought she was a goner, she stuck her head out of the hole in the ground she was in and saw her ugly shadow and went back in the hole and hopefully we won’t hear from her for six more years
This woman is sick. . She keeps thinking real people are interested in what she has to say. Pity her. Don’t listen if course but pity her as you would anyone with a false sense of reality.
This woman is sick. . She keeps thinking real people are interested in what she has to say. Pity her. Don’t listen if course but pity her as you would anyone with a false sense of reality.
I have nothing but respect for the high-school-educated Constitutional scholar, Barbra Streisand. She is an excellent singer.
In the movie “The Way We Were” BS played “Kommie Katie”. In real ife BS is Kommie Katie. I thought you were leaving and moving to Canada…What stopped you? I can still call a cab if you want….
In the movie “The Way We Were” BS played “Kommie Katie”. In real ife BS is Kommie Katie. I thought you were leaving and moving to Canada…What stopped you? I can still call a cab if you want….
what a dope head you are anyway to win right
Hello Dolly, you forget America is not a Democratic Gov’t, we are a Republic Gov’t for which we stand. Ditching Electoral College would allow California to impose imperial rule on a colonial America. Sounds exactly like what the Framers strove to prevent.
President Donald J. Trump —
“They’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in their way.
The further issue I see with all this nonsense,is that the Democrats are extremely wrong, everything appeared alright with them, until someone became President that actually cares about OUR Country. He is not a fool and called out mistakes and issues long before he ran for office. In this time and age, a real man needs to take control of the helm and take America back. As we have seen in protests, some women are just to emotional.
BOTH
The only assault I see and hear are the outspoken on the far left pushing their personal agendas on the American people, courtesy of the UN.
The only assault I see and hear are the outspoken on the far left pushing their personal agendas on the American people, courtesy of the UN.
keep in mind Babs, it’s the United States of America NOT the United States of California! ??
Streisand had a good voice but never had very much between her ears! She devastated to have become irrelevant in todays society. Someone needs to sit her down and educate her on the Electoral College. Problem, she’s too ignorant to understand!
Streisand had a good voice but never had very much between her ears! She devastated to have become irrelevant in todays society. Someone needs to sit her down and educate her on the Electoral College. Problem, she’s too ignorant to understand!
It was the STATES that joined the REPUBLIC. If the Electoral College was abolished, THE STATES would lose any and ALL power and autonomy. These people are either communists, or they are not intelligent enough to grasp WHY our founders knew what they were doing!
It was the STATES that joined the REPUBLIC. If the Electoral College was abolished, THE STATES would lose any and ALL power and autonomy. These people are either communists, or they are not intelligent enough to grasp WHY our founders knew what they were doing!
let’s send Barbara to Iran or Israel
She is proof that a liberal education is dangerous because she learned nothing in school.
She is proof that a liberal education is dangerous because she learned nothing in school.
she Is so full of herself she should shut up or have her run for elected office
Babs, you are not only wrong, you are exactly wrong. Ours is NOT a democracy. Ours is a representative republic.
Don’t you just love it when people, like the Hollywood types, think their ability to “act a part convincingly” on screen makes them smart enough to lecture the rest of us on American history and the Constitution!!!
Don’t you just love it when people, like the Hollywood types, think their ability to “act a part convincingly” on screen makes them smart enough to lecture the rest of us on American history and the Constitution!!!
Gee for someone who never graduated from college this senile old fool sounds almost as bright as AOC the miracle bartender. It all goes to prove in America no matter what your disabilities nothing can prevent you from achieving success and stardom.
What a dork. She does not have a clue how/why the ECollege works/exists. Consider marrying Bernie and moving to Somalia! Maybe you’ll find eternal bliss there? Otherwise read some history.
And we should listen to Barbara because……? An over-rated singer is more studied than the Framers. Give me a break!
And we should listen to Barbara because……? An over-rated singer is more studied than the Framers. Give me a break!
Barbara Streisand needs to get a new hairdresser and a new hairdo.
censorship in full action here for the dems… as usual they get to say what they want and ignore truth.
I am not interested in having an overpaid entertainer of questionable mental capacity providing advice and guidance on how to run my country. Nor do I think she is wiser than the collective minds who wrote our Constitution. She needs to stick to her own business.
Is good old babs talking about the constitution being antiquated or is she talking about her career. There should be a community for washed up old singers and actors to go to and talk among themselves….cause I’m sure no one else cares what they think.
Is good old babs talking about the constitution being antiquated or is she talking about her career. There should be a community for washed up old singers and actors to go to and talk among themselves….cause I’m sure no one else cares what they think.
Violated you policy? Because I told the truth?! Ok then I will voice ny free speech elsewhere!