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California Builds Wall To Stop People From Leaving (satire)
Babylon Bee ^ | November 19 2019

Posted on 11/20/2019 3:42:12 AM PST by knighthawk

SACRAMENTO, CA—California's state government has announced it will agree to build a wall as President Trump has been pushing for, except this wall will keep people in, not out.

People trying to flee the socialist state in U-Hauls in search of a better life will be greeted with a large concrete structure running across all exits from the state. Modeled after the Berlin Wall, the structure will provide comfort and security to state legislators fearful of citizens fleeing for basic necessities like electricity, taxes less than 100%, and plastic straws and bags.

The rest of the country all pitched in for the wall, too, so Governor Newsom only needed to raise income taxes by a few percentage points to fund it.

"We realized President Trump was right: walls actually work," said Newsom in a ceremony where he cut a ribbon signifying the opening of the wall. "It's just that they're a lot better when you use them to keep people in. Just look at paradise states like North Korea and the USSR. We should be following in the footsteps of these progressive leaders and not get dragged back into the Dark Ages by the other, more regressive states in the Union."

Newsom then led those gathered in a solemn hymn of state worship called "Great Leader Newsom, Ever May He Reign."

The wall will also have barbed wire atop, guard towers where state snipers can perch, and a 100-foot-wide moat filled with sharks and bears, just to make sure no one escapes.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; california

1 posted on 11/20/2019 3:42:12 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
100-foot-wide moat filled with sharks and bears,

LOL. Instead of lions and tigers and bears oh my, it’s just sharks and bears. 😁🤣👍👊

2 posted on 11/20/2019 4:01:58 AM PST by Mark17 (Dad of Air Force Officer in pilot training. Air Force aircraft, go much faster than Army tanks :-))
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To: Mark17

Imagine the irony of runny away from rats, only to be eaten by aquatic bears.


3 posted on 11/20/2019 4:14:01 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: knighthawk

The Bee should not be giving them any ideas.


4 posted on 11/20/2019 5:08:58 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: knighthawk

Built that wall, Mr. Newsom.


5 posted on 11/20/2019 5:13:31 AM PST by hardspunned
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To: metmom

Sounds like a good idea to me.
But we just need to wall in LA, SF, and Sacramento.
The rest of the state may actually be sane...


6 posted on 11/20/2019 5:30:21 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: hardspunned

East Germany...DDR.


7 posted on 11/20/2019 6:01:32 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Mark17

Will the Sharks have laser beams attached to their heads?


8 posted on 11/20/2019 6:22:58 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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