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Pete Buttigieg likes to fancy himself as a sophisticated and intelligent man, but ended up looking dumb while at a recent town hall event in Oklahoma.
As FOX 23 reported, the former Secretary of Transportation held a “Win the Era” town hall at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma two weeks ago where he discussed a variety of topics including artificial intelligence, LGBTQ rights, and healthcare.
But in a clip that has gone viral today, Buttigieg also pondered how great it would be if just got rid of the ‘pesky’ electoral college and used the popular vote to elect presidents.
This movement has been a Democrat clarion call ever since George W. Bush defeated Al Gore back in 2000 while losing the popular vote.
“One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the national Electoral College,” Buttigieg said to the roughly 2,000 people in attendance.
The audience responded to this by erupting in cheers for several seconds.
“It would be a really good idea,” Buttgieg continued. “Because any Democrat wanting to be president would have to campaign in Oklahoma.”
“By the way, any Republican would have to campaign in Brooklyn! that would be good for our democracy.”
WATCH:
PETE BUTTIGIEG: “What if we selected our President by letting the person who got the most votes take the office, instead of the Electoral College?” pic.twitter.com/7Bw7p0kDms
— Dream for America (@DreamAmerica_) May 3, 2026
But while trying to pander his fans, Buttigieg apparently forgot one important thing: Trump would still be president even if we had recently gotten rid of the electoral college. If he had included this in his comments, not many of his fans would have been so enthusiastic.
As TGP readers know, Trump won the popular vote over Kamala Harris by about two million votes, in addition to winning the Electoral College by a count of 312 to 226.
X users were quick to remind Buttigieg of this inconvenient truth.
Pete Buttigieg thinks everyone is so stupid that they don’t know who won the popular vote as well as the electoral college in 2024.
It was President Donald Trump, https://t.co/NMaQteoGFX pic.twitter.com/dCHmoM3RMv
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) May 3, 2026
LMFAO! Pete Buttigieg is being mercilessly MOCKED nationwide for saying this: “What if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes take office, instead of the Electoral College?”
Donald J. Trump would still be your president, check the scoreboard
… pic.twitter.com/I4sk2wVSxp
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 3, 2026
Hey @PeteButtigieg
President Trump won both in the last election. The electoral college is going nowhere, unless democrats need to abolish it to cheat. It’s the only way they’ll win elections. https://t.co/1bQ4a8WzLv
— Pat C in Central FL
(@BeachCity55) May 3, 2026
President Trump won the electoral college AND popular vote, Pete!
Follow: @BoLoudon pic.twitter.com/OIgV68hgsg
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) May 3, 2026
Le candidat démocrate prétendument sensé, Pete Buttigieg, souhaite que le vainqueur de l’élection ne soit pas celui qui a remporté le collège électoral….
Qui rappelle à ce champion que Trump a remporté le vote populaire ! pic.twitter.com/XdzIihm0fc https://t.co/XdzIihm0fc
— Nicolas Conquer (@ConquerNicolas) May 3, 2026
Hey @PeteButtigieg
President Trump won both in the last election. The electoral college is going nowhere, unless democrats need to abolish it to cheat. It’s the only way they’ll win elections. https://t.co/1bQ4a8WzLv
— Pat C in Central FL
Donald Trump won the popular vote in 2024. Trump would be the POTUS under this scenario. Also, the Electoral College helps people in Indiana (where Pete is from) have a say much like folks in large cities where candidates would only campaign under a pop vote scenario. https://t.co/0Rze9U0P6c
— Chris Woodward (@ReporterChrisW) May 3, 2026
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