Exclusive: Leaders of East Oregon bid
to secede and join Idaho thinks movement
could go nationwide - with more rural
countries looking to dump urban Democratic
leaders and woke havens like Portland
who impose taxes on them and shun 'traditional values'
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Rob Crilly
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/5/2023 10:46:33 AM
The leader of east Oregon's plan to leave liberal Portland behind and join conservative Idaho is moving fast.
Mike McCarter has a $70,000 budget for lobbyists in the two states, has seen allies introduce legislation in Oregon last month and has a bill ready to go in Idaho that would accelerate discussions for 15 counties to jump the border.
If it works, he says other red counties will have a model for how to dump their urban, Democratic rulers.
'I think people within the United States are watching Oregon's movement, hoping that it'll establish a pathway for them in the future,' he told DailyMail.com.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 2/5/2023 10:56:04 AM (No. 1395582)
Good. Would be good to see western Colorado do the same thing and secede from the Peoples Republic of Denver.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Kate318 2/5/2023 11:00:51 AM (No. 1395587)
Something HAS to change. We keep hearing that we need to be respectful and law abiding in the process, but those tactics have gotten us exactly nowhere. The left counts on our decency to keep us in self-regulated check, while they plot whatever horror they have in store for us next. Those days will come to an end soon enough, but perhaps this is the 2023 version of the secession of the states.
26 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Periwinkel 2/5/2023 11:04:47 AM (No. 1395592)
I'm sitting here trying to think of what would be the downside. Seems like a pretty good idea to me if that is what Eastern Oregon wants to do.
22 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy 2/5/2023 11:32:56 AM (No. 1395623)
However we pick up additional electoral votes works for me.
11 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 2/5/2023 11:46:25 AM (No. 1395636)
These people in Eastern Oregon have a valid point. So do those in Eastern Washington, Northern California, Western Maryland, Illinois separating from Cook County, New York, and on and on. If Dems want D.C. and Puerto Rico to become states, them these states I mentioned should also be allowed to come into being. Oregon, Illinois, Washington, California, and New York provide the argument for why our Founders created the Electoral College. In those states, one city or county, decides the statewide election results. In Arizona, it’s Maricopa County. So, break up the states; fair is fair!
9 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
sw penn 2/5/2023 11:54:55 AM (No. 1395644)
Perhaps it would be simpler just to force these "city-states" to be just that.
Independent political entities, that have to live with their choices;
without imposing burdens upon people who have no voice in the matter.
As long as they have the numbers to out vote their tax slaves
they have no motivation to change.
11 people like this.
The only trouble is for us NY upstate counties, PA is almost as bad…
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
beancounter 2/5/2023 12:12:13 PM (No. 1395658)
We should really have 60, or more, states. If everyone attaches to Idaho what happens when Boise becomes another “peoples republic”?
The problem for the blue cities is that all the resources (water and power especially) come from the conservative areas.
3 people like this.
Idaho does not need these east Oregon counties. They should make their own state.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jayjeti 2/5/2023 12:15:02 PM (No. 1395668)
There are too many legal hurdles do leave Oregon.
0 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 2/5/2023 12:48:13 PM (No. 1395708)
I could be wrong but I read somewhere that the state getting seceded from has to also approve. If so, I doubt Oregon will go along with losing a bunch of good taxpayers.
5 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 2/5/2023 12:55:45 PM (No. 1395712)
The strategy for moving parts of Oregon into Idaho and getting lawmakers to agree may not be easy. Republicans are probably in favor, Democrats opposed. What to do? Hire public relation firms to emphasize how enlarging Idaho and smalling down Oregon would hurt America and lead to a diminished role in the world together with high energy prices and inflation. Then the Democrats would jump on board.
2 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 2/5/2023 1:25:52 PM (No. 1395731)
Oregon government is about as likely to let this happen as it is to get rid of vote-by-mail. All the power is in Portlandia and the Democrat/Marxists like it just fine that way.
4 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
mc squared 2/5/2023 1:32:22 PM (No. 1395734)
How many ways will this not happen – let me count them. Half the people in one state haven’t got enough leverage to separate themselves from the leftist culture now running the country.
Remember when Old Joe said to his favorite white terrorists ‘You’ve got AR-15s we’ve got F-15s ?
0 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
bad-hair 2/5/2023 1:51:14 PM (No. 1395748)
The Republic of Texas approaches.
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, S Dakota, N Dakota, Montana, Alberta (Canada), Saskatchewan (Canada), Manitoba (Canada), and a few states along the sides. Let's go EAST. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida.
We have every shipping port in The Gulf of Mexico and half the Atlantic and more oil than the Saudis ever dreamed of.
California and New York can print their own money. If they want to trade they can use Panama. We WILL protect our borders ,north, south, east, and west.
If you're coming to visit Texas bring your US passport with the pre-approved visitor's visa.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 2/5/2023 2:40:01 PM (No. 1395785)
The cities starve very quickly without the rural areas.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
volksford 2/5/2023 4:02:17 PM (No. 1395830)
Who needs approval ? ....just do it !
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
volksford 2/5/2023 4:04:13 PM (No. 1395831)
Ditto # 15
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 2/5/2023 4:21:37 PM (No. 1395838)
It has happened before. Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820. And West Virginia broke away from the rest of Va. in the 1860s.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Kumoan 2/5/2023 6:48:45 PM (No. 1395954)
folks that mention canadian provinces that would join always forget british columbia, which has the same political issues as washington and oregon. scrape off a thin scab along the wash. border and the rest is right wing. you gain lots of land that shares a border with alaska AND an all-weather port with rail service, prince rupert.
0 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/5/2023 7:20:27 PM (No. 1395988)
I'm all for this and actions like it. Pennsylvania would pay New Jersey to take Philadelphia. Virginia would gladly give up Fairfax County.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DrOstrow 2/5/2023 8:36:14 PM (No. 1396043)
No they won't #16. Food comes from grocery stores ! Didn't you know that ?
Just like electricity to recharge our cars comes out of the wall ! See, no problem !
/soff
Seriously, this is the 'level' of understanding that you and me and many others are
dealing with and the evidence of that is all around us !!
1 person likes this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
mifla 2/6/2023 5:47:38 AM (No. 1396182)
The governments running the liberal population centers will never let their tax slaves leave the plantation. Nor will they give up the electoral votes.
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