Tim Walz backpedals statement that the Electoral College 'needs to go'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz connected Thursday, backpedaled connected a connection helium said during a California fundraiser earlier this week, wherever helium called for the elimination of the Electoral College.

Walz was successful California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s backstage location successful Sacramento connected Tuesday erstwhile helium spoke astir the process by which U.S. presidents are elected.

"I deliberation each of america cognize the Electoral College needs to go," Walz said, according to a excavation study astatine the event, Bloomberg reported. "We request a nationalist fashionable vote, but that's not the satellite we unrecorded in."

Just 2 days later, successful an interrogation with ABC big Michael Strahan, Walz appeared to beryllium squirming his mode retired of his misstep from the campaign.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrives to talk astatine a property league regarding weapon authorities astatine City Hall successful Bloomington, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

During the interview, Strahan told Walz helium wanted to spell backmost to thing the Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee said connected Tuesday.

"You said, ‘I deliberation each of america cognize the Electoral College needs to go,’" Strahan said. "But the run came retired aboriginal that night, and they said that’s not their stance."

Walz concurred with the ABC big that it was not the campaign’s position.

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Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz connected "60 Minutes." (Screenshot/CBS News)

"The constituent I’m trying to marque is that there’s folks that consciousness each ballot indispensable number successful each state, and I deliberation immoderate of the folks consciousness that’s not the case," Walz said. "We’re retired determination making the lawsuit that the campaign’s presumption is clear, that that’s not their position. Their presumption and my presumption is to marque definite that everybody understands their vote, nary substance what authorities they’re in, matters."

"So that’s thing you and Vice President Harris disagree on," Strahan asked.

"Um, I person spoken astir it successful the past, that she’s been precise wide connected this, and the run and my presumption is the campaign’s position," Walz responded.

In 2023, Walz signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an statement successful which each authorities would allocate each its electoral votes to whoever wins the fashionable ballot for president, careless of however idiosyncratic states voted. The compact would instrumentality effect lone if supporters unafraid pledges from states with astatine slightest 270 electoral votes.

A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz run told Fox News Digital connected Tuesday that the Vice Presidential candidate believes each ballot matters successful the Electoral College.

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Voters formed their ballots astatine authoritative ballot boxes successful 2022. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

"He was commenting to a crowd of beardown supporters astir however the run is built to triumph 270 electoral votes. And helium was thanking them for their enactment that is helping money those efforts," the spokesperson said.

Fox News Digital has reached backmost retired to the Walz-Harris run regarding Walz’s astir caller comments connected the Electoral College during the ABC interview.

The Electoral College comprises a definite fig of electors from each authorities who formed votes for the president and vice president. In 48 states and Washington, D.C., whichever campaigner receives the astir ballots successful their favour is awarded each the electoral votes for that state. 

Maine and Nebraska delegate their electors utilizing a proportional system.

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The victor needs 270 electoral votes to triumph the statesmanlike election. 

The Electoral College was created by the Founding Fathers successful an effort to marque definite ample states didn't predominate tiny ones successful statesmanlike elections oregon wield excessively overmuch power. Abolishing the strategy would necessitate a large law change. 

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.