Posted on 01/28/2017 4:33:56 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
California is one step closer to possible secession.
Supporters of the so-called “Calexit” movement got the green light late Thursday to begin collecting the 585,407 voter signatures needed to get an initiative on the November 2018 ballot.
The group behind the proposal, known as Yes California, now has six months to collect and submit the signatures, according to California's Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
Yes California started back in 2015 but exploded with a groundswell of support — and the catchy #Calexit hashtag — in the days following President Donald Trump’s election.
“California and America are different cultures, very different. Donald Trump never would have been a candidate here, not even a party nominee. Do we need more evidence than that?” Yes California spokesman Marcus Ruiz Evans told the Daily News Friday.
He argued California is an economic powerhouse that subsidizes dozens of southern and midwestern states that don't share its values. He said the Golden State’s own crumbling highways, bridges, levees and schools should get that money instead.
“We're pumping out billions to other states. That's colony status,” he said Friday. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
Ya’ know ... I am a native Californian, and this is something I could possibly get behind if, and only if, the proposal included a carve out for a State of Jefferson to remain in the USA.
GREAT, you have 2 signatures so far? That’s enough, get out.
BTW we’ree cutting all Federal funding and shutting off the Colorado river.
Can none Californians including illegal aliens sign this petition?
If so where can we sign?
Well, time to send in the U.S. military, block all Cali borders, blockade the ocean ports, and cut off the electric grid.
You got it. That is what the State of Jefferson is all about.
Who would stay in a seceded California?
Mexicans.
That’s the idea. I don’t think I’m being paranoid.
“Give it to Mexico.”
I like it. Gets Mex off our backs re LaRaza and ReConquista and punishes CAians. Maybe even less illegal concern.
Say goodbye to Defense and the related revenue, a-holes. And your patents won’t transfer either, a-holes.
“Give it to Mexico.”
NO! If Mexico still controlled the Texas-California areas we would today have border patrol boats all along the Red Rivers and Mississippi rivers to prevent the flood of Mexicans crossing into the Louisiana Purchase and beyond.
Giving them just California will whet their appetite for other states east. Manifest Destiny to the Atlantic! Remember your history. The Lines of Demarcation split the New World between Portugal and Spain. England and France were not to get any at all. The Hispanics still want ALL of their Norte Americas.
Hmm. Could some ask them where they get their water. Go ahead and leave. Gonna get awful thirsty and dry.
Adios
It’s a war. Real commanders know you have to choose your battles carefully.
Give up CA, it’s already gone. Fight for the rest and win.
How about a carve out for a State of Trump?
Let them go - then let Trump negotiate some trade deals with them .......
They keep saying that 1 out of three support Calexit as if that’s significant. It would defeat their purpose to report that 2 out of three (or 66%) oppose it. Typical MSM bending the truth by creating fake news.
But, the 1 out of 3 that support it is only "1" away from a solid majority......
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