Greater Idaho: Rural conservatives in Oregon look to join Idaho

[babylonsister]

Greater Idaho: Rural conservatives in Oregon look to join Idaho
By Kelly Mena, CNN
Updated 3:49 PM ET, Tue February 18, 2020

This map, courtesy of the group Greater Idaho, details the proposed boundary adjustment, adding counties from Oregon and California.


Washington, DC (CNN)Some residents in Oregon are fed up with living under Democratic control of their state government and have launched a ballot initiative campaign to join Republican-led Idaho.

The movement, known as "Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho," is hoping to expand the borders of the Gem State through the inclusion of more than a dozen bordering rural counties now in Oregon.

Mike McCarter, chief petitioner of the movement says the group has gotten the "green light" in at least three Oregon counties -- Josephine, Douglas and Umatilla -- that would start the first step in the secession process, which would be collecting signatures to eventually end up on the November 2 ballot.

"Rural counties have become increasingly outraged by laws coming out of the Oregon Legislature that threaten our livelihoods, our industries, our wallet, our gun rights, and our values," Mike McCarter, one of the chief petitioners of the movement, wrote on the website for the Greater Idaho movement.

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

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/18/politics/greater-idaho-oregon/index.html

[onecaliberal]

1. Now they know how we feel. Ruled by the very low intellect minority in this country.

[Mme. Defarge]

2. Holy crap!

[ZZenith]

3. Simpler solution: move to Idaho, fuckwads.

[rockfordfile]

10. yeah that's how lazy they would be.

[CanonRay]

4. Hmmmmm. How should I put this.

Fuck you.

[underpants]

5. As long as Humboldt County is safe

[Timewas]

6. LOL

They get stupider by the minute.................

Proud to be a Dem in Oregon.

[Anon-C]

7. They literally want to live in their Own Private Idaho!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Can they take our conservatives in eastern Washington too?

They tend to drag those on the west side down.

[AJT]

9. If you look at the great divide in this country it is urban VS rural

with the suburbs in between. Intolerant, white,
religious rural Americans who think they are real Americans, filled with fear and hate that has been fomented with 30+ of right-wing talk radio and fox news.