Abigail Spanberger Brings America One Step Closer To Mob Rule

Of all the bad bills signed into law by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this week - and there are an abundance - perhaps the worst is the law that commits Virginia to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

With her signature this week, Virginia became the 18th state to violate Article II of the Constitution by pledging its electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of how Virginia votes.

This means Virginia’s voters could - and probably will - be wiped out by voters in mega states like California and New York if more states rashly join in.

On the plus side, Virginia would be largely ignored in presidential campaigns, with candidates campaigning only in California, New York, Texas and Florida. That might be a relief.

Democrats have been seething about the electoral college since Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 lost their bids for the presidency despite winning the popular vote. These same people develop amnesia when reminded that in 2024 Donald Trump won the popular vote and if this unconstitutional measure been in effect, the Democrat voters in the Old Dominion would have watched helplessly as Virginia’s electoral votes went to Trump. In fact, he would have taken all 538 electoral votes and Kamala Harris would have received zero.

Despite their anger, they are not seeking a constitutional amendment to change the system. Instead they’re trying a sleazy work-around, which will be tied up in litigation and hopefully overturned by the Supreme Court.

Apparently the radical Democrats running Virginia are confident that no Republican will ever win the popular vote again.

Careful what you wish for, anarchists.

The electoral college dates back to the constitutional convention of 1787. Fearful of “mob rule” and cognizant that parts of the country were less populated than the coastal states, the Founders conceived of electors in each state who would actually elect the president based on how their citizens voted.

Over the years there have been a handful of “faithless” electors but none ever changed the outcome of the election. Most electors are honor-bound to follow the voters in their state.

The Guardian explains the NPVIC succinctly:

Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, states would assign their presidential electors to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of the results within the state. The compact takes effect when states representing a majority of electoral votes – 270 of 538 – pass the legislation and thus would determine the winner of the presidential contest. With Virginia, the compact now has 222 electors.

Every state that has so far enacted the compact has Democratic electoral majorities, including California, New York and Illinois. But legislation has been introduced in enough states to reach the 270-elector threshold, including swing states like Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The bill signed by Spanberger adds Virginia to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an interstate agreement between states to award the entirety of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Virginia Republicans railed against the bill, arguing it makes the state’s votes "NULL AND VOID."

As if Democrats, who are trying to gerrymander the commonwealth into a 10-1 congressional majority care about the votes of ordinary people.