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To Marjorie Taylor Greene: We Don’t Need A ‘National Divorce,’ We Need More Federalism
The Federalist ^ | 02/21/2023 | David Harsanyi

Posted on 02/21/2023 10:03:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 02/21/2023 10:03:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Coexistence isn’t possible: the other side wants to kill us. We aren’t going to continue as 50 states.


2 posted on 02/21/2023 10:08:00 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: SeekAndFind
In theory the author is correct.

But given the current climate I have doubts as to whether that that is possible. The woke mob now controls the Democrat party. Federalism is the last thing they want and they are willing to die in order to prevent it. Sorry, don't mean to be overly dramatic but I am calling it as I see it

3 posted on 02/21/2023 10:10:47 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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To: SeekAndFind
None of that means a “national divorce” — really succession, since other states are unlikely to concede to a split — isn’t a reckless thing for someone who took a vow to defend the Constitution to advocate.

Really?

4 posted on 02/21/2023 10:14:01 AM PST by tnlibertarian
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To: SeekAndFind

You need to repeal the 16th and 17th amendments to start.


5 posted on 02/21/2023 10:19:30 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: ClearCase_guy

I think you are correct.


6 posted on 02/21/2023 10:22:06 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: SeekAndFind

Kill the Federal Reserve, and everything will fix itself.

Printed, fiat, centrally-controlled money, manipulated interest-rates and the massive Fed.gov, leftist social-engineering it supports - are the entire power of leftists. It allows for total centralization of power (and grift) within Washington DC


7 posted on 02/21/2023 10:22:32 AM PST by PGR88 (, )
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Ridiculous comments from a sitting Congresswoman.


8 posted on 02/21/2023 10:25:29 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: SeekAndFind

Evil forces want the US divided, so it can be conquered.

I’m not saying MTG is evil, but she is incredibly wrong on this issue, if that’s truly what she wants. And few issues would be bigger than a separation of the “United States.”


9 posted on 02/21/2023 10:26:16 AM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like all divorces, the property settlement will be a bitch.
Who will inherit the debt, the responsibility to pay medicare, social security, federal pensions, etc.
Who gets the Army, the Navy, the Air Force?


10 posted on 02/21/2023 10:27:54 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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Obviously CA, OR and WA would be first to go.

I am a great admirer of MTG, but in this case she is very wrong.

The first thing that would happen is that those states would be taken over by the Chinese, one way or another, and that would be the first step in the invasion and destruction of our country.

The better way to handle the crazy states would be to declare martial law in those states only and take them over by the US government in a manner similar to the Civil War.


11 posted on 02/21/2023 10:31:43 AM PST by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We don’t need a national divorce! We just need to have 537 elected officials who have the balls to retire the 23million non-elected government employees! If they can’t reign in the 23+million then we need a new set of 537 elected officials!


12 posted on 02/21/2023 10:33:04 AM PST by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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Americans need Traitojoe and his kakistocrats to be tried, convicted, and sentenced to publicly become one-time rope testers for giving aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.


13 posted on 02/21/2023 10:33:09 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: DugwayDuke

Assets will go to the states they are in.

Debt division is another deal together though


14 posted on 02/21/2023 10:33:39 AM PST by SPDSHDW (Ya’ll knew he was installed via fraud, and chose to do nothing. Enjoy the roller coaster ride.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem is that centralizing all power is THE main tenet of the Leftist religion. Ergo, they will never agree to decentralize power - which in America’s case means returning powers to the states which the federal government usurped.

Thus, a national divorce makes the most sense. Otherwise, it will come to bloodshed.


15 posted on 02/21/2023 10:41:02 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: SeekAndFind

Just as the Confederates Seceded from the IS, the left has seceded from the US. THEY are the Neo- Confedrates.


16 posted on 02/21/2023 10:41:32 AM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, maybe a national divorce from Marjorie Taylor Greene...


17 posted on 02/21/2023 10:42:33 AM PST by BlackAdderess (Representatives are supposed to represent their constituents, that is their job. )
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To: SeekAndFind

If you really want a civil war just try to implement true federalsism.

The left will not allow it.


18 posted on 02/21/2023 10:43:13 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Carl Vehse

Not sure who sounds more unhinged, MTG or that post you just made.


19 posted on 02/21/2023 10:43:21 AM PST by WalkerinSC
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To: FLT-bird
It would not be like the 1st Civil War, it would be like Missouri. Horrible, but mabey unavoidable.
20 posted on 02/21/2023 10:43:37 AM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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