When the Left Defended the Electoral College

Plus: This Teacher Told His Students He Was Transgender, and Expects Them to Go Along

Jun 07, 2019   Happy Friday from Washington, where lawmakers on the left relish the idea of choosing presidents by popular vote. Not so long ago, some well-known Senate liberals opposed the change, Fred Lucas reports. President Trump scores a win with his latest foreign trip, Ted Bromund writes. Why commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre? Concerned Americans tell us. A veteran pollster talks Trump on the podcast. Plus: Adam Michel on protecting the middle class from tax hikes, Nathaniel Thomas on abortion and African Americans, and Nicole Russell on the transgender agenda's effects in our schools. Enjoy your weekend.     News When the Left Defended the Electoral College Senate Democrats who opposed a constitutional amendment to scrap the Electoral College and elect presidents and vice presidents by direct popular vote included Joe Biden of Delaware, a future vice president. More Commentary This Teacher Came Out to His Students as Transgender, and Expects Them to Go Along With It At Allis Elementary School, Mark Vincent Busenbark, a male science teacher, showed a video of himself "coming out" as transgender to a group ranging from kindergartners to fifth-graders. More Commentary Repealing the Tax Cuts Would Hit Middle Class and Workers If the tax cuts were reversed, the typical American could be $26,900 poorer over the following 10 years. More Analysis Scott Rasmussen Explains Pollsters' Flaws on Trump, Socialism "Only 1 out of 3 people who say they like socialism think it leads to higher taxes and a more powerful government," says Scott Rasmussen. More Commentary Why I, as a Black Pastor, Must Speak Out on Abortion Over 61 million babies have been aborted since Roe v. Wade in 1973. Over 19 million of those babies were African American. More Commentary Trump's UK Visit Was a Glowing Success President Trump's state visit to Britain was a big success. Curiously, much of the American media went out of their way to ignore that fact. More News Why These 5 People Think We Shouldn't Forget Tiananmen Square "From my generation, I can say that probably less than 5% of people know the existence of the Tiananmen Square massacre," says Chengdong, a Chinese college student studying in the U.S. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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