Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday embraced a congressional proposal to study a framework for reparations to African-Americans hurt by the legacy of slavery as the best way to begin a "national, full-blown conversation" on the issue. Warren first voiced support for reparations last month, becoming one of three 2020 Democratic candidates to do so. Warren also came out in favor of eliminating of the electoral college, the most pointed instance of her opposition to the polarizing mechanism the nation uses to elect its presidents. But Warren's comments on Monday were her most straightforward endorsement of an end to the electoral college system. "I think everybody ought to have to come and ask for your vote," Warren said.

Source: ABC News March 19, 2019 02:37 UTC