Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a bill that would award Virginia's 13 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of how Virginians themselves vote.
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Bongino closes the substantive portion of the show with what he frames as the most important and least sexy issue of the moment: the progressive campaign to eliminate the Electoral College. He explains the system's basic mechanics — 3 electoral votes guaranteed per state, 270 needed to win — and its constitutional purpose: protecting smaller states and minority rights against majoritarian takeover. He plays an America First Legal video that walks through the history and stakes, then focuses on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger's signing of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which would direct Virginia's 13 electoral votes to the national popular vote winner regardless of how Virginians themselves vote. [1] — Dan Bongino "Virginia signs National Popular Vote compact: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed a bill that would award Virginia's 13 electoral v…" 1:05:00 Bongino uses Florida as a concrete illustration: imagine Florida votes Republican by 5 points, but because California delivers a national popular vote majority, Florida's electoral votes go to the Democratic candidate. That, he argues, is not democracy — it is the effective nullification of Florida voters' choice. He connects this directly to the episode's overarching theme: the systematic dismantling of constitutional guardrails.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation committing Virginia's 13 electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote — even if Virginians themselves vote differently. This is the next major front in the progressive assault on constitutional governance, and Bongino says it's coming to every swing state.
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