[Iron Munro]

Why would anyone want to be belligerent(bellicose?) towards California while it is in transition to an independent country?
We in the USA should try to help them not hinder them.

You would think that democrats would be leading the opposition to California's secession and demonstrating against it instead of running around in their pink pussy hats grossing people out.

Think about the impact on the balance of power in national elections if democrats were to lose California's 55 electoral votes.

Without California in the mix this last election would have been 306 electoral votes for Trump and 177 for Clinton.

Trump would have lost 3.9 million votes while Hillary would have lost a whopping 7.4 million votes - almost twice as many as Trump.

[CatOwner]

Without California in the mix this last election would have been 306 electoral votes for Trump and 177 for Clinton.

I get the basic point, but in reality, the 53 congressional districts would be reapportioned to the rest of the country (House would remain at 435 seats).

[central_va]

It seems to me that the USA has been doing CA a favor by letting her stay in the Union all these years while acting like the crazy uncle in the attic.

If the crazy uncle living in your attic wants to leave home and go out on his own then YOU LET HIM!