亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯团队周二指责唐纳德·特朗普违背了他在选举团的“自己的立场”，此前，总统再次竞选时向支持者发送了一条短信，抨击这位女议员想要废除该制度。
“疯狂的美国奥委会想要废除选举团。让我们提醒她这是我们的国家，不是沿海精英，”特朗普竞选团队周二在给数百万支持者的短信中说。这篇文章显然是为了回应奥卡西奥-科尔特斯上周对选举团的评论而发送的。
该文本与特朗普竞选中“保护选举团”的请愿书相关联网站。请愿书上写道:“社会主义代表亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯最近呼吁废除选举团。”。“提醒她，这个国家属于每个邮编的美国人，而不仅仅是沿海精英和自由主义超级捐助者。这是我们的国家，不是他们的。”
对此，美国在线团队指出特朗普在2012年发布的一条推文，该推文是在特朗普2015年正式发起总统竞选之前几年发布的，批评了选举团。“选举团是民主的灾难，”特朗普在2012年11月6日发推特说。
亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯众议员于2019年7月17日在DC首都华盛顿出席众议院金融服务委员会听证会。周二，奥巴马连任竞选团队在选举团系统问题上攻击特朗普后，美国在线向她还击。
“我们并不是唯一一个认为选举团从根本上不利于我们的民主的人。事实上，在唐纳德·特朗普从选举团的操纵中直接受益之前，他一直站在我们这边！，“美国石油公司团队在一封电子邮件中说新闻周刊旁边是总统2012年推特的截图。
“想要一个每一票都同等重要的民主并不疯狂，”邮件继续说道。"现在，选举团贬低有色人种的选票，延续少数民族的统治。"
它补充道:“谈到保护不成比例的白人选民的地位，特朗普愿意全力以赴——他甚至愿意反驳自己的立场！”
周二晚些时候，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯就此事发了一条推特。“我很高兴总统和我都同意选举团必须离开，”她写道，分享特朗普2012年的推特。
特朗普在2017年成为美国总统之前曾指责选举团，他曾称选举团为“虚假”和“嘲弄”。特朗普声称前总统巴拉克·奥巴马在2012年的普选中输给了共和党人米特·罗姆尼，之后他甚至说美国需要一场“革命”。
“他以很大优势输掉了普选，赢得了选举。我们应该在这个国家进行一场革命！”法宝书写在一条自删除的推文中。“票数越多，就意味着损失...革命！”他补充道。
然而，自从特朗普在2016年总统选举中赢得选举团，同时以大约300万张选票输给希拉里·克林顿，他现在似乎坚定地支持这一制度。“选举团对美国来说要好得多，”总统在三月份发推说。
TEAM OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLS TRUMP OUT FOR CONTRADICTING 'HIS OWN POSITION' ON ELECTORAL COLLEGE: HE 'WAS ON OUR SIDE!'
Team Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Donald Trump on Tuesday for contradicting "his own position" on the Electoral College after the president's reelection campaign sent a text to supporters attacking the congresswoman for wanting to abolish the system.
"Crazy AOC wants to ABOLISH the Electoral College. Let's remind her this is OUR country, not the Coastal Elites," the Trump campaign said in a text message to millions of supporters on Tuesday. The text was apparently sent in response to comments Ocasio-Cortez made last week about the Electoral College.
The text linked to a petition to "protect the Electoral College" on Trump's campaign website. "Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently called for abolishing the Electoral College," the petition read. "Remind her that this country belongs to AMERICANS from EVERY zip code, not just the Coastal Elites and Liberal Mega Donors. This is our country, not theirs."
In response, Team AOC pointed to a tweet posted by Trump in 2012, years before he formally launched his presidential bid in 2015, criticizing the Electoral College. "The electoral college is a disaster for democracy," Trump tweeted on November 6, 2012.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill July 17, 2019 in Washington, DC. Team AOC fired back at Trump on Tuesday after the president's reelection campaign attacked her over the Electoral College system.
"We're not alone in thinking that the electoral college is fundamentally bad for our democracy. In fact, until he directly benefited from the electoral college's manipulation, Donald Trump was on our side!," Team AOC said in an email to Newsweek, alongside a screenshot to the president's 2012 tweet.
"It's not crazy to want a democracy where every vote counts the same," the email continued. "Right now, the electoral college devalues the votes of people of color and perpetuates minority rule."
It added: "When it comes to protecting the status of disproportionately white voters, Trump is willing to pull out all the stops — he's even willing to contradict his own position!"
Later Tuesday evening, Ocasio-Cortez made a tweet about the issue. "I'm so glad the President and I agree that the Electoral College has got to go," she wrote, sharing Trump's 2012 tweet.
Trump previously railed against the Electoral College, a system he once called a "sham" and "travesty," before becoming President of the United States in 2017. After he claimed that former President Barack Obama lost the popular vote to Republican Mitt Romney in 2012, Trump even said a "revolution" was necessary for America.
"He lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election. We should have a revolution in this country!" Trump wrote in a since-deleted tweet. "More votes equals a loss ... revolution!" he added.
However, since he won the Electoral College in the 2016 presidential election while losing the popular vote by roughly three million votes to Hillary Clinton, Trump now appears to firmly support the system. "The Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A," the president tweeted in March.
