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

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Republicans-Oregon-California-become-Greater-Idaho-15065765.php



Frustrated with Oregon's liberal government, a conservative group wants to transfer Oregon's rural areas to Idaho, according to the Washington Post. While Oregon leans Democratic, Idaho is a historically red state.

The group, called Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho, is asking 18 Oregon counties to approve their petitions to open communications with state legislature. If approved, the group would then have to collect signatures of about 6 percent of the counties' populations to see the referendum show up on their ballots. After that, both Oregon's and Idaho's state legislatures as well as Congress would have to approve the changing of borders.

[Ron Green]

1. They mostly want cheap gasoline.

And lots of guns.

[renate]

2. As an Oregonian, this looks good to me

Buh bye.

[krissey]

5. I don't think Ashland would be happy.

[Pachamama]

17. No way would Ashland agree to this....

Ridiculous suggestion and would never happen....

I mean really - can't image the Shakespeare Theater being welcomed in their Little Private Idaho....

[renate]

19. True dat. It's too beautiful to be Trumpy nt

[krissey]

20. And the people just too fun and cool.

[jcmaine72]

3. I have a better idea.

If they want to be part of Idaho, why don't these knuckle-draggers just move there? Trust me, the "libruls"in those states don't want to govern racist trash like this anymore than they want to be governed by liberals.

[MoonlitKnight]

9. They should go all in and move to

West Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Kentucky

You know, those amazing deep red utopia states.

[a la izquierda]

29. For the love of god, we don't need any more idiots in WV.

I live in a very very pale blue spot in a sea of madness. I can't take any more of it.

[moondust]

13. It's like eastern Ukraine.

If people there want to live in Russia why don't they just move there instead of getting a lot of people killed trying to change Russia's border to include their land in Ukraine? Russia has lots and lots and lots of room for them--just like Idaho.

[stopbush]

22. They want to keep any property they own while getting rid of the higher taxes they pay for owning

said property in CA. And, they're pissed that CA is a deep blue state where Rs have absolutely no power at all.

[jcmaine72]

23. Yeah, I know. I read the article.

And they can still go chase themselves.

[krissey]

4. First, that is funny leaving poor little ole Bend all by itself on the other side of the mountains.

This is funny. second, talk about gerrymandering, now state lines.

[Beartracks]

6. The Great State of Snowflake

State Motto: Tutum Loco

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[Beartracks]

7. Another "taker" state the rest of us will have to support.

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[CentralMass]

8. We have some whack jobs out here..

[David__77]

10. They can't have Redding and Mr. Shasta.

Nope!

[kysrsoze]

11. Or... maybe these assholes should just move to Idaho

[dustyscamp]

12. These people aren't American

[Nature Man]

21. yup

the same old traitorous confederate spirit is alive and well.

Why do they hate America so much?

[jeffreyi]

14. Just a lot line adjustment

Easy peasy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Can they take eastern Washington too?

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[krissey]

18. Lol, I was looking to see if Eastern Washington hooked up. That is funny

[Aristus]

37. I'm more than willing to cut loose the takers, leaving Western Washington free from Spokanistan.

Those of us west of the mountains are generating all the revenue that supports the red counties in the east. Let them sink or swim on their own. My money says they'll be pleading for economic aid within five years...

[Pachamama]

16. Their very own little "Private Idaho"

How special....

[Kilgore]

31. Excellent!

Jamming Rock Lobster loud while making breakfast.
Has to be pissing off the naighbors!

[Cosmocat]

24. Its America, your free to MOVE

This Idoha thing is a thing. You want some kind of safespace, pack up and move.

[Roland99]

25. Waaaah

[beachbumbob]

26. they can go move to Idaho, if its so great

[ceejae60]

27. Move to Idaho

If they are so aligned with Idaho ideology they should move to Idaho.

[ck4829]

28. Gerrymandering is apparently a gateway drug

When changing the districts inside a state no longer gives you the high you need, you need to go to changing the shape of the states themselves.

[Catherine Vincent]

36. Trump Mandering. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

30. Here's an idea: just move out of Oregon or California. I'm

about to move from Arkansas to Illinois.

[Iggo]

32. Fuck you. Move there. Assholes.

[Pachamama]

33. Oregon and California would benefit and improve greatly if the assholes all left for idaho

They wouldn’t be missed at all...

[roamer65]

34. Sell your property and move to Idaho, scumbags.

You are NOT going to take your property with you. We have the population and we will take it by force if need be.

[hunter]

35. California could annex it all, get rid of their senators, and gerrymander the hell out of them.

That's what these Deplorable Nazi Republicans did to the U.S.A., right?

Throw it back at them.

[maxsolomon]

38. "The State of Jefferson"

There's been a sign on a barn off I-5 up near Shasta advocating for a new state carved out of CA for decades. Ain't gonna happen.

All these Rugged-individualist Welfare Ranchers just don't like City Slickers tellin' 'em what to do, but they would dry up and blow away without our money.

The resentment they feel is the inverse of the resentment we Urban Liberals feel at being governed by the Electoral College and the US Senate. Except we have a legitimate complaint: disproportionate representation.

[Brother Buzz]

42. The State of Jefferson is an old idea that seems to cycle every couple of years

Back in 1941, it was gaining traction and was looking to be something. That is, until until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and it was quietly relegated to the back burner.

[Baked Potato]

39. They want to get closer to the bud, and get a beach.

[pwb]

40. Move to Idaho California really doesn't want you.

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[Brainfodder]

41. All the best insults!

Whatever they are, infer.

[Boulevardier]

43. Sounds like the old Republic of Jefferson notion lives on.

A separatist thing since about the 1940s. The modern manifestation of it is very Tea Party-ish.

But I live in southwest Oregon. No way we're letting the yahoos attach us to Greater Idaho.

Although they could have everything east of the Cascades.

[scarytomcat]

44. I'd like to see North Dakota, South Dakota and Idaho be one state

with two senators