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In reply to the discussion: 'New California' campaign aims to separate rural counties from coastal cities [View all]TomCADem
(17,834 posts)24. Californians are talking about trying to leave the United States in a 'Calexit'
So, should we be surprised if the suddenly announce that they are relocating to Russia?
http://www.businessinsider.com/yes-california-independence-campaign-launch-calexit-movement-again-2017-8
A fringe political group that led the call for California to break away from the union after the election of President Donald Trump has relaunched with new leadership.
The Yes California Independence Campaign went dark in April after its self-appointed leader, Louis Marinelli, announced he was abandoning the movement and settling permanently in Russia. The news was not that surprising. Marinelli set up a makeshift embassy (which he said would be used to promote the secessionist movement) in Moscow last December.
Earlier this week, the former vice president of the campaign, Marcus Ruiz Evans, announced in an email that he's picking up where Marinelli left off as president of Yes California. Among his first actions, Evans shuttered the group's unofficial embassy and cultural center in Moscow.
"Although well intentioned, it was a distraction, a point of contention, and a source of division among supporters of California independence. It needed to close and now it is closed," Evans said of the embassy in a statement.
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'New California' campaign aims to separate rural counties from coastal cities [View all]
Calista241
Jan 2018
OP
Californians are talking about trying to leave the United States in a 'Calexit'
TomCADem
Jan 2018
#24
To them, "ungovernable" means not getting their way. By most measures California doing very well. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2018
#9
They're simply trying carve out a few new red states with 2 Republican senators each
briv1016
Jan 2018
#17
Only if Austin/Houston/Dallas get to form their own state with two new safe Dem
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2018
#19
So Dallas currently has a Democratic Mayor, and Dallas county went for Hillary with 60.75%
snooper2
Jan 2018
#42
If you think Dallas is as RED as can be, I guess you have never been to Alabama, or Mississippi, or
snooper2
Jan 2018
#45
Wrong. I was in Dallas in 2016. I saw more Hillary stickers there than here in L.A.
SunSeeker
Jan 2018
#46
Rural Calif counties suck tax $ from the wealthier, HARDER working, more educated coastal
vkkv
Jan 2018
#26
Their map has "rural" Orange and San Diego counties in New California - a Clinton +8 state.
LonePirate
Jan 2018
#28