Jemele Hill Says Electoral College Cost Harris 2024 Race, Calls It Rooted in Slavery
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Jemele Hill Says Electoral College Cost Harris 2024 Race, Calls It Rooted in Slavery
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Summary
Jemele Hill told a CNN panel Monday that the Electoral College is "rooted in slavery" and said it cost Kamala Harris the 2024 election, extending the same argument she tied to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss.
2024 results undercut part of that claim: Harris lost both the Electoral College and the national popular vote to Donald Trump, not just the state-by-state tally.
Historians do debate how much slavery shaped the Electoral College, but the system also emerged as a compromise between direct popular election and congressional selection, with smaller states gaining added weight.
Hill did not respond to a request for comment, and the exchange renewed criticism of CNN’s use of her as a political commentator.