I think a lot of Hawaiians (most of whom stutter when pronouncing the name of their own state) want to be independent of the US also.
And that would be FINE WITH ME. They can take back the all-Democrat bunch they send to DC and shove it.
I’ve heard that Hawaii is pronounced “Ha-vah-eee” by some people there.
Whereas most of us on the mainland say “Ha-why-eee”.
I’ve seen Hawaii spelled “Hawai’i” with an apostrophe in it sometimes. I don’t know if that is significant as part of the native Hawaiian language, .