During a Monday night panel discussion, Hill argued that the Electoral College is entirely "rooted in slavery" and suggested that it cost both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris presidential victories against Donald Trump."The Electoral College is rooted in slavery," Hill said."That was the entire reason that it was invented, essentially, and we should have gotten from up under it a long time ago, and not just because you have two women, quite capable, who lose the election."Jemele Hill speaks onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards Benefit Concert at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif., on Feb.
22, 2025.(Paras Griffin/Getty Images)We'll give Hill credit for managing to turn a discussion about Hillary Clinton's election loss in 2016 into a conversation about racism.
Not bad.JEMELE HILL'S SIDEKICK CARI CHAMPION FINALLY ADMITS SHE 'DOESN'T LIKE' WNBA STAR CAITLIN CLARKThe problem is that her history lesson doesn't hold up.There is a legitimate debate among historians about the extent to which slavery influenced the creation of the Electoral College.The Three-Fifths Compromise undoubtedly increased the political power of slave states and affected how electoral votes were allocated.However, Hill's claim that slavery was "the entire reason" the Electoral College was created is not accurate, or even close.Jemele Hill speaks on stage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards Hosts Hollywood House Symposium at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb.
19, 2025.(Monica Schipper/Getty Images)ESPN RE-SIGNS FAR-LEFT, ANTI-SYDNEY SWEENEY RACE-BAITER WHILE REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING MASS LAYOFFSThe Electoral College is a compromise between the Founding Fathers, who were divided between having Congress choose the president and allowing a direct popular vote.The weighted system also protects small states.
Were it not for the Electoral College, small states would have minimal say in presidential elections.Politicians would largely ignore their interests.That...