mo4ch:>Democrats start 2019 with move to abolish electoral college and prevent Trump pardoning himself | Mo4ch News

The new Democratic House majority wasted no time targeting President Trump, with one congressman introducing a pair of bills aimed at abolishing the electoral college and preventing the president from pardoning himself.Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) introduced a pair of constitutional amendments; one aimed at outright abolishing the Electoral College, and one that would prevent presidents from pardoning “themselves, their families, their administration or campaign staff.”Cohen is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee and a vocal critic of President Donald Trump. He has previously introduced articles of impeachment against Trump together with  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and four other House Democrats, to no avail.The bill to end the electoral college is a drastic one, and one aimed squarely at the current president. Trump lost the overall popular vote in 2016, but won the election due to what Cohen called the “distorting effect of the outdated Electoral College.”Read more What C…