{"id":2354372,"date":"2024-10-13T18:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-says-his-stance-on-electoral-college-is-to-ensure-every-vote-counts-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:04:18","slug":"walz-says-his-stance-on-electoral-college-is-to-ensure-every-vote-counts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-says-his-stance-on-electoral-college-is-to-ensure-every-vote-counts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Walz says his stance on Electoral College is to ensure \u2018every vote\u2019 counts &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalz-says-his-stance-on-electoral-college-is-to-ensure-every-vote-counts-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2354372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz \u2062(D) has expressed \u2063his support for abolishing the\u200d Electoral College, emphasizing the importance of ensuring that every vote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a> is\u200c impactful. He argues that voters should feel \u2064their votes \u2063matter \u2063regardless of their state\u2019s political leanings. This \u2063statement comes\u200c in light of Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; campaign rejecting \u2063Walz&#8217;s call for abolishing \u2062the Electoral College, asserting that the campaign&#8217;s \u200dofficial stance is to\u2063 focus on \u2064making every vote count rather\u200d than eliminating the \u200cElectoral College. During\u2064 an interview on \u200dFox News, Walz \u200carticulated the need for campaigns to engage with voters in all areas,\u200b particularly in rural \u2062communities. Additionally, he addressed previous comments on free speech, reaffirming his commitment to free expression and opposing book bans, while downplaying claims that Minnesota is experiencing a significant\u2063 population \u2063exodus compared to states like New York and California,\u2064 citing Minnesota&#8217;s strong business environment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Walz says his stance on Electoral College is to ensure &lsquo;every vote&rsquo; counts<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1792825\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) said he wants to make sure that &ldquo;every vote&rdquo; casted in a presidential election makes its impact, defending his stance against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Electoral College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign issued a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3182093\/tim-walz-calls-abolish-electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rejecting Walz&rsquo;s call to abolish the Electoral College<\/a> earlier this week, stating that his view is not a view of the campaign. In clarifying his comment that the Electoral College &ldquo;needs to go,&rdquo; Walz stated that voters need to feel that their vote matters regardless of whether they live in a battleground state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-sidney-powell-releases-statement-to-we-the-people-on-her-trump-election-legal-efforts-it-will-be-epic\/\" title=\"New: Sidney Powell Releases Statement to &quot;We the People&quot; on Her Trump Election Legal Efforts (&quot;It Will Be Epic&quot;)\">campaign&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s position is clear on this, it&rsquo;s not to get rid of the Electoral College, but it&rsquo;s to focus on every vote,&rdquo; Walz said on <em>Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream<\/em>. &ldquo;And I think your viewers out there listening want to see these campaigns in every corner, talking to every person. And look, as a rural guy, that&rsquo;s, again you know how politics go, cut off the back part of this, my point being on that was is those are areas that need to be heard. So, every voter out there, every vote needs to count.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2640134&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=df6cd6a49ee155ffed334eba671b42d0\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Walz was also asked about a comment he made in 2022 claiming that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no guarantee to free speech for misinformation or hate speech,&rdquo; specifically who gets to determine what constitutes misinformation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/very-volatile-moment-newsom-slashes-budget-after-turning-98-billion-surplus-into-22-5-billion-deficit-in-single-year\/\" title=\"\u2018Very Volatile Moment\u2019: Newsom Slashes Budget After Turning  Billion Surplus Into .5 Billion Deficit in Single Year\">governor spent<\/a> a large portion of his answer focusing on supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>free speech<\/a>, and how his opposition to book bans within the country is part of his focus on free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of his interview, Walz dismissed a piece contending that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Minnesota<\/a> is seeing an exodus of residents comparable to New York or California, as his state is &ldquo;a top five business state.&rdquo; When asked about the crime within his state, he claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crime<\/a> has gone down in both Minnesota and the United States as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Walz contended that several misstatements he had made on the 2024 campaign trail were made from him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3178646\/tim-walz-defends-past-misstatements-as-speaking-passionately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>speaking &ldquo;passionately.&rdquo;<\/a> The governor and his past comments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3114388\/walz-military-service-record-under-scrutiny-2024-race-heats-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>including ones made on his military record<\/a>, have come under scrutiny since he was selected as Harris&rsquo;s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Walz has since stated he would heed Harris&rsquo;s call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3185946\/tim-walz-heeds-harris-call-be-careful-passionate-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to be more &ldquo;careful&rdquo; in his speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1792825\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1792825\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walz defends his stance on the Electoral College, emphasizing that every vote should count<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2354373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-campaigns-in-Macomb-County-Michigan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41166,5894,32570,27318],"class_list":["post-2354372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-electoral-college","tag-politics","tag-voting-rights","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-campaigns-in-Macomb-County-Michigan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}