Posted on 04/24/2018 7:03:22 AM PDT by EdnaMode
California's secession movement will get a second try as the state's "war" against the Trump administration rages on several fronts.
On Monday, the California Secretary of State's Office announced that a secession ballot proposal has been cleared to begin gathering needed signatures. It comes amid other efforts that seek to split up California
"Calexit is left — we are progressive, and that's why we don't like Trump," said Marcus Ruiz Evans, one of the leaders of the Yes California campaign seeking California independence. "But there are some very hardcore Republican concepts to Calexit, including the group saying don't waste our tax money."
Evans said the group's membership has risen by "about four times" to roughly 44,000 members since the election of President Donald Trump
A similar effort by the backers of Calexit failed last year after negative fallout emerged following the disclosure that its leader, Louis J. Marinelli, was living in Russia. Marinelli, who is still listed as one of the backers of the measure, said in an interview he "travels to Russia and has worked there from time to time but is still a resident of California."
If the current Calexit measure gets enough signatures to qualify, it would result in a special election in 2021 to ask California voters whether the state should become an independent country. The backers need almost 366,000 signatures of registered voters to qualify it for the ballot.
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Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So long, Cali!
Write if you find work.
California would go broke in 3 days
Excellent point. Also, if California secedes will they still want federal money or could they make it on their own?
Excellent question. I’d follow that up with, “Once Trump leaves office in 2024, is CA going to be asking for re-admittance to the union?”
Of course it should be required that the residents choose between being citizens of California or the USA. IF they choose California they are no longer US citizens.
Where can I send my contribution?
“Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Actually when you think about it, you don’t want this. A Democratic-run economy would be disastrous and in no time the country would be insolvent and on its knees. Guess who would kindly step in with the money to bail California out? China. For a price. How would you like a Chinese naval base in San Diego?
Erring sisters, depart in peace.
Probably ask for foreign aid...We keep people like Trump in power and the answer will be - NO! You’re on your own - let the illegals support you..
What a very bad idea. Furthermore, any areas outside of SF, LA, and a few other coastal towns, the rest of the state would not break off.
After the Leftist and welfare recipients starve the surviving conservatives could reapply for statehood.
The only “Calexit” I want to see is that one in which a magnitude 14 quake completely rips the communist sh*thole from the North American continent, and then sinks it to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
California’s plan is to exit the USA, setup their own country, declare war on the USA, surrender...and be subsidized by Uncle Sam.
China will buy it and we will have a foreign army on our soil. Send in the troops now to remove Jerry and his crew.
That is a very good point. I hear there's a nice one already there waiting for them. Also, the Chinese would not be so worried about being "politically correct." If the snowflakes think Republicans are bad, wait until they meet their Chinese masters.
Also, the geopolitical ramifications of this are enormous. A Chinese naval base in California,and the loss of our own infrastructure there, basically cedes them the Pacific. It becomes a Chinese lake.
Finally, the Chinese would also be paying for virtually unlimited access to Silicon Valley. More than the naval base, that's the top of their shopping list. California would have to sell it to them.
In California, Oregon, Washington and most “blue” states a single urban area often creates a larger margin of victory for the Democrat than they won the state by at large. This was true for Hillary in 2016, and Obama in 2008 and 2012. This is truly governing and “taxation without representation”.
The #RustyIrony of “Calexit” is the Lefties desire to secede from the U.S.A. could “start the engine” of “red” counties then seceding from California... and maybe those of Oregon and maybe even Washington following. There are enough “red” counties in each of those states to form a contiguous state border for the long proposed state of Jefferson.
https://redneckoblogger.blogspot.com/2017/08/in-reynoldsv.html
Easy fix - we’ve still got those deteriorating nuclear weapons. Make Commiefornia a testing range for our biggest baddest nukes. “Hey, Joe, what’s that strange glow in the western sky?” “Oh, that’s just Commiefornia melting.”
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