Mississippi Republican calls for his state to "succeed" from the Union after Biden victory

[Maven]

As the dust settles from the 2020 presidential election, one disappointed Mississippi lawmaker has a proposition for the Magnolia State. Instead of being governed by President-elect Joe Biden, state Rep. Price Wallace (R) reportedly said on Twitter that Mississippi should “succeed” from the rest of the United States and form its own country.

Despite the misspelling, his since-deleted tweet on Saturday afternoon, posted hours after the election was called for Biden, appeared to be an overt throwback to the Confederacy — in a part of the Deep South that only voted to remove the Confederate battle flag symbol from its own state flag earlier this year.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/11/11/mississippi-secede-election-republican/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter

[roamer65]

1. Let them go.

They are a taker state.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. #4

Per wallet hub, they are #4 in state government dependence on federal dollars.
#6 in residents' dependence.
In that first category, only Wyoming, Montana, & Louisiana were higher.
They secede, they're in bankruptcy in 3 years

[Yavin4]

8. "bankruptcy"? Try famine.

As it is right now, Mississippi's quality of life stats, e.g. life expectancy, infant mortality, already rival that of poor developing nations.

[Thekaspervote]

2. MS always has their hand out. Taking more than they pay in each yr.

Who’s gonna support them when they secede??

[Chicago1980]

3. Fine.....

Then we can build a wall around them and not acknowledge their fake currency or government.

They can pull themselves up by their own damn bootstraps.

I can understand why Mississippi is pretty much at the bottom of everything.

[LakeArenal]

5. Please proceed.

Good luck without NY taxpayers.

Edit: They certainly won’t miss public education.

[Sherman A1]

6. Bye!

[ace3csusm]

7. Call there bluff

I betting when it comes down to actual sign they change their minds...

[Aristus]

9. I don't think Mississippi has ever 'succeeded' at anything.

They’re dead last in everything, including and especially literacy.

So go ahead, Mississippi, ‘succeed’, and good riddance.

[Shermann]

10. Good luck with your succession! nt

[NCjack]

11. OK -- let's see a plebiscite and a severance plan for Mississippi.

But, I think Mr. Price (R) is a fool and can't find a majority of the population to join-in with him.

[roamer65]

13. No severance. Just out.

[Wednesdays]

12. Yeah, 'cuz that worked out so well for MS last time, in 1865.

[Solly Mack]

15. That's one way for Mississippi to go from last in everything in the country to first.

Yes, that was a mean-spirited joke that doesn't necessarily tell the truth about Mississippi's ranking in the country for things like healthcare, education, etc..

Or it was simply a joke meant to offend only those calling for secession.

I'm a native Georgian living in Louisiana. It's not as if I'm competing for "best" red state. Because, damn. (though Georgia is trending blue)

Disclaimers spoil a joke.

Sigh.

Moving on now.

[roamer65]

16. Poor widdle snowflake protected his Twitter account.

[qazplm135]

17. If they left with Alabama

would they form...

An Axis of Weevils?

[Buckeyeblue]

18. MS wouldn't last 4 months as a sovereign country. Let them go.

[Universal Karma]

19. Go

Most Republican states are takers and moochers.

[renate]

20. Bye Felicia

Honestly, why would he think this is a threat?

[Quixote1818]

21. Are they sure they want to lose all those federal funds they get from blue states?

[beachbumbob]

22. Laughable, too bad we can't rid ourselves of the red state leeches. Perhaps sell

them to China?

[elias7]

23. Let them go - our national IQ will go up

[orwell]

24. I'm fine with...

...letting any of the original confederate states secede if they want to.

Make America Great Again II...

[roamer65]

28. The rest of us can make Canada great.

🇨🇦

[Blasphemer]

25. Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

Can you take some of your red state friends with you? Thanks.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

26. That will raise our GDP per capita.

Great news.

[BannonsLiver]

27. Please do

Addition by subtraction.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. So long as we can put a wall around it be my guest.