Republicans in Oregon, California want to secede and become part of Idaho

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[–]jt6sr6jn6aerdja 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Ironic considering the Republican party was created in 1854 and named explicitly to support continuity of the Republic against the secessionist Democrats.

[–]Velocity 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They're not wanting to secede from the union, but rather merge with another state.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Neat point.

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I'm all for breaking up the states and decentralizing power, but this just seems like gerrymandering to me. What would the Republicans do with a bit of Pacific Coast if they had it? Actually accept nuclear submarines in their ports without protest? And...?

If you're gonna go, keep it simple, take everything west of the continental division line. (Ha! Imagine the USA "sharing" a mountain ridge without demanding supremacy.) And even still Nevada has so much entrenched military that it makes it silly to assume that the eastern border would be secure against the US if California were to actually Calexit.