Close the college
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"Aw, shucks. I know I said it, but that's not what I meant."
In a California fundraiser hosted at Gov. Gavin Newsom's home Tuesday in Sacramento, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz advocated for doing away with the Electoral College system, stating that "we need a national popular vote."
"I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go," the Democratic vice presidential candidate said. "But that's not the world we live in. So we need to win Beaver County, Pennsylvania. We need to be able to go into York, Pennsylvania, and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win. We need to be in Reno, Nevada and win."
In a statement provided to CBS News, a spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign said Walz "believes that every vote matters in the Electoral College and he is honored to be traveling the country and battleground states working to earn support for the Harris-Walz ticket. He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes. And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts."
Getting rid of the Electoral College is not a position the campaign holds, a campaign official said.
The comment from Walz, and the swift clarification, comes just days after he told Bill Whitaker on "60 Minutes" that his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, said he needs to be more careful when he speaks.
He is a knucklehead.
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Wonder what the dry cleaner has to say about it.
