21st century secession: This state's residents want out to join another state

[Dennis Donovan]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/oregon-residents-petition-secede-part-state-idaho/story?id=69069056

21st century secession: This state's residents want out to join another state

A group wants a ballot measure to remove at least 19 counties from Oregon.

By Ivan Pereira

February 19, 2020, 3:45 PM

The political divide in Oregon has gotten so severe that some conservative residents are fighting to secede and join Idaho.

The group known as "Greater Idaho" is seeking to create a ballot proposal in Oregon that would secede 19 counties located in the east and merge them with its neighbors.

Mike McCarter, one of the petitioners, said in a Facebook post that he and his neighbors are unhappy with the state legislature's work that threatens "our industries, our wallet, our gun rights, and our values."

"We tried voting those legislators out but rural Oregon is outnumbered and our voices are now ignored. This is our last resort," he said.

Greater Idaho says that two counties, Josephine and Douglas, have so far accepted the ballot proposal. The group is also seeking to add rural areas in California to the new state boundaries.



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Not quite 1860, since they're not asking to secede from the US itself. But, what happens once the next Dem POTUS is sworn in on January 20, 2021?

[UniteFightBack]

1. And what happens if it's not a Dem potus getting sworn in? My hair is on fire and thank goodness I

don't have any chemicals in it or it would be an inferno.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Then we're fucked as a liberal democratic, rule-of-law nation.

[Thunderbeast]

2. Let's combine ALL of the red counties into one big state.

Give them 2 senators and 38 percent of the house seats to represent their share of the population. Let's make them tax neutral so they are not sucking the resources from the economic engines that live in blue America. No more rural subsidies.

They can have their bible schools and gun-humping churches. The feds will keep title to the beautiful places. Logging, mining, and drilling will still be regulated to prevent "Redstatistan" from fouling the commons.

Let's see how long these "rugged individuals" last when the reality of their fairy tale delusion collapses.

[SoCalNative]

4. Yes

And when they actually have to fund said state. Guessing their gubmint checks won;t go very far....

[Cosmocat]

5. 1-800-YOUhaul

Its a free country - you don't like it move to Idaho with the rest of the zealots.

[NCjack]

9. Good idea -- perhaps some encouragement is needed.

They should petition the State of Oregon for relocation assistance to move out-of-state. As much as they don't like living in Oregon, it is probably more painful for the majority. Maybe refund to them the past 5 years of taxes they paid to Oregon could be a deal maker.

[packman]

6. Repost

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213004403

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I saw yours

...but the Washington Times link was sketchy.

[Jake Stern]

7. Boohoo

Now they get to experience what folks in places like Cleveland, St. Louis, Memphis and Houston go through: having a state government completely dominated by the opposing party shoving its values and policies down their throats while they are impotent to do anything about it.

Enjoy, fuckers!

[Laelth]

10. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Blue_Tires]

11. *Yawn* not this shit again...

These clowns shouldn't be taken seriously, ever...

You will remember that the "TEXIT" and "CALEXIT" nutbars leading those campaigns were chaos agents supplied by Moscow (plus a lot of useful idiot yokels)

We aren't really falling for this again, are we??

[JHB]

12. As fantasy maps go, I like Middle Earth better.

If they like Idaho so much, let them move there.