WATCH: Jamie Raskin Claims Lawmakers Will Be 'Killed' If Electoral College Remains

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) one of the most far-left members of Congress and key player in the partisan January 6 Committee that defied more than 100 years of congressional precedent claimed that the continued usage of the Electoral College system will "get lawmakers killed" during an unhinged interview.

Raskin sat down with The Free Speech project at the Riggs Library in Washington D.C. on Friday. The congressman touched on a number of topics throughout the discussion, including the January 6 Capitol protests, as well as his efforts to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system.

"We passed the nation's first National Popular Vote Interstate Compact," Raskin said. "We initiated that, we're now more than two thirds of the way there, because it's 2024. How about it's time to start electing the president the way we elect mayors and representatives and senators and governors? Whoever gets the most votes, wins."

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He went on to refer to the Electoral College as an "18th century ritual" that will end up getting people "killed."

"Rather than a convoluted, antique, obsolete system from the 18th century, which these days can get you killed as nearly it did on January 6, 2021," he claimed. All four of the deceased victims on January 6 were Trump supporters, including Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed while surrounded by riot police by a Capitol Police officer who failed to issue a verbal warning.

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