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The real repudiation

In a commentary last month, Sen. Mitch McConnell stated that the presidential election was a “repudiation” of the past eight years of the Obama administration. Really? Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. More to the point, this election is a classic example of why the Electoral College is an outdated dinosaur and should be repudiated.

Kathy Kellermann

Lexington

This story was originally published December 21, 2016 at 6:33 PM with the headline "The real repudiation."

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