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Calexit: Leftists File Papers to Secede, Form New Confederacy(bye felicia)
breitbart.com ^ | 11/22/2016 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 11/22/2016 6:41:55 AM PST by rktman

A group of left-wing Californians, frustrated with the recent election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States, has filed an application to put a secession referendum — “Calexit” — on the 2018 ballot.

The East Bay Times reports that the group, called Yes California, intends to circumvent the U.S. Congress:

A “yes” vote would trigger a special election the following March in which residents would decide if “California should become a free, sovereign and independent country.”

Another “yes” vote would require the governor of the newly minted “Republic of California” to apply to the United Nations for membership.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: antitrump; ca; ca2016; caleavefornia; calexit; california; dumbasses; frisincali; losers; newcalifornia; secession; secessionists; timdraper; trump; yescalifornia
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To: rjsimmon

Thing about it is we won’t go to war to KEEP them...


261 posted on 11/22/2016 1:46:47 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rktman

Obama really would be the last Democrat president if they seceded their 55 electoral votes!!


262 posted on 11/22/2016 1:56:12 PM PST by madameguinot
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To: calenel
But then other places would do the same thing, and that would start a chain of events that would ultimately destroy the United States.

That's why this won't be allowed. Letting California secede would trigger a chain-reaction of secession movements. California would be better off supporting the effort to call an Article V Convention/Convention of States.

263 posted on 11/22/2016 2:07:00 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: crusty old prospector

“Take Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii with you.”

Maybe Portland, the rest of Willamette Valley and some of Puget Sound. The remainder of Oregon and Washington is mostly conservative.


264 posted on 11/22/2016 2:15:52 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: rktman

California wouldn’t last 5 years on its own.


265 posted on 11/22/2016 2:22:07 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: JBW1949

Don’t need to go to war. Just take out their power


266 posted on 11/22/2016 2:27:16 PM PST by ari-freedom (The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
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To: rktman

Where can I sign this to show my support?


267 posted on 11/22/2016 2:31:55 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: ari-freedom

I only mentioned that because someone compared it to Charleston, SC...


268 posted on 11/22/2016 2:32:23 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: rktman

If California left, it would have no money to pay for welfare. Government employment and what about the 250 billion in pension debt VA owes?


269 posted on 11/22/2016 2:34:32 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: central_va

FACT: There need not be, it is an instrument of UNION not disunion. There is nothing in wedding vows about divorce, either.

Putting down Insurrection is mentioned as an allowable power of the fedgov.


270 posted on 11/22/2016 2:34:45 PM PST by arrogantsob (Nationalist, Patriot, Trumpman, Hater of the Media)
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To: A CA Guy

Not VA, that CA owes.


271 posted on 11/22/2016 2:35:21 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: rktman; All
Haven't they ever seen the California flag?

California has always been a Republic.

Change to a confederacy? I don't think so!


272 posted on 11/22/2016 2:35:49 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: arrogantsob
If someone cuts down government employment and creates workfare, the cries into the night will never cease.
273 posted on 11/22/2016 2:37:40 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Syncro

So was Texas for all the good that did them.


274 posted on 11/22/2016 2:38:25 PM PST by arrogantsob (Nationalist, Patriot, Trumpman, Hater of the Media)
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To: ari-freedom

275 posted on 11/22/2016 2:40:43 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
California has the 8th largest economy in the world.

But most of it is wasted or stolen.

Or sent to Mexico, BILLIONS of $’s per year.

Highly illegal in most cases.

That's where Trump will get some of the money for the wall.

Yes, that's how Mexico will build the wall when adding in all the billions in welfare the USA actually gives to the government of Mexico.

Making America Great Again!

276 posted on 11/22/2016 2:42:16 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
California wouldn’t last 5 years on its own.

But a country like Israel can? You are making no sense.

277 posted on 11/22/2016 2:43:45 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: arrogantsob

Good point but I have the hat California Republic!

Bought it at a gas station when I stopped for a hot dog.


278 posted on 11/22/2016 2:43:59 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: HangUpNow
If CA can secede, then the New Confederacy also does so as well. Why is this a bad thing??

We are already Balkanized. Let the West Coast and Northeast become Snowflake Nations.

歡迎我們的新中國統治者。

279 posted on 11/22/2016 2:44:05 PM PST by x
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To: steve86

How about keep everything east of crest of the Cascades?


280 posted on 11/22/2016 2:45:46 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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