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muriel_volestrangler

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33. And a money-making opportunity opens up for Boris Johnson just in time!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 03:05 PM

Jul 2022

Get on the convention and lecture circuit in the deep-red states, telling them what marvellous opportunities await them if they stride out on their own. Hell, he was born in the USA (even if in deepest-blue NYC), so he can probably apply for his citizenship back! Just negotiate any old trading protocol with the old union, with the intention of breaking it quickly, just don't tell the voters ...

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Many red-state Trump voters say they'd be 'better off' if their state seceded from U.S. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP

Fine with me.. nini Jul 2022 #1

Good riddance. triron Jul 2022 #21

to horriblstinking -- DEPLORABLE garbage !!!!! Trueblue1968 Jul 2022 #50

because they are f'ing idiots HAB911 Jul 2022 #2

They don't have enough sense to realize Blue states financially subsidize them today. MLAA Jul 2022 #3

They also don't seem to realize that SS and Medicare are federal programs. shrike3 Jul 2022 #7

Most of them believe the opposite is true. Mariana Jul 2022 #30

Exactly! MLAA Jul 2022 #39

Those delusional fuckwits would all end up under the heels of kleptocratic presidents-for-life, paulkienitz Jul 2022 #4

Nothing like montanacowboy Jul 2022 #5

Cut off all their federal funding & see how fast they change their minds. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #6

Good, yank them off of social security and other federal programs, since anyways, the blue SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #8

Good Luck Surviving Without All The Tax Handouts You Get From Blue States ChoppinBroccoli Jul 2022 #9

A lot of red states, like the one where I live, Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #10

It's just more southern bullshit. They still contest the outcome of the Civil War Walleye Jul 2022 #11

The same mindset today as then: billh58 Jul 2022 #20

So fucking true Walleye Jul 2022 #23

Bill Clinton said every boy brought up in the south knew the story of Sherman's march to the sea Walleye Jul 2022 #25

Very true. billh58 Jul 2022 #31

It took them 160 years but they got that flag in there Walleye Jul 2022 #36

We would be better off, if they disconnected from the matrix RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #12

Let them go. Strip every dime of federal funding Immediately. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #13

Tired of supporting them. Go already. JenniferJuniper Jul 2022 #14

The GOP wants total control over blue states, but still expects blue states to fund them. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #15

Because they got screwed at Appomattox. no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #16

Those fools don't understand what that means Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #17

Delusional. Nt jaysunb Jul 2022 #18

Yeah because the last time they tried that it worked out so well... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #19

How about we give them a travel allowance and a ticket to Russia or Hungary? Nevilledog Jul 2022 #22

Is there as "Go Fund Me" to help them do it? nevergiveup Jul 2022 #24

Build your own wall. Pay your share of the national debt on the way out. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #26

They are clueless. spanone Jul 2022 #27

They can leave. Kid Berwyn Jul 2022 #28

Do they realize if they secede they aren't getting their SS and Medicare benefits? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #29

Would that actually be true? If an SS recipient moves to another country and becomes a citizen there JHB Jul 2022 #42

That's different than living in a state that seceded which is illegal. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #51

Let them go and good riddance. n/t totodeinhere Jul 2022 #32

And a money-making opportunity opens up for Boris Johnson just in time! muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #33

They should buy Greenland w Trump's money and move there. emulatorloo Jul 2022 #34

Ignorance is bliss. BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #35

what happened to their wartime patriotism? treestar Jul 2022 #37

And we in the blue states would really like to see you leave! PortTack Jul 2022 #38

Then They'd Be Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #40

TX and FL would also be hit with departure of military bases and other federal facilities JHB Jul 2022 #43

Agreed, But Different Form Of Dependency ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #49

Clueless as always. Boomerproud Jul 2022 #41

But how could they leech off the blue states if they secede? Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #44

I think their states would be better off if they filled their pockets with rocks and walked into a FSogol Jul 2022 #45

Go Marthe48 Jul 2022 #46

They call themselves patriots and want to secede from the nation tishaLA Jul 2022 #47

Good riddance durablend Jul 2022 #48