[Wash Times] California secessionists have what may be a tempting proposal for the red states: Help the Golden State secede by voting to kick it out of the union.
Citing a looming court fight over state-splitting, Calexit organizers have postponed their ballot strategy and launched a campaign to convince red-state legislators to vote in favor of telling California to take a hike.
"We are going to rely on the deep hatred for California that exists in red America," said Louis Marinelli, a founder of Yes California, the Calexit campaign.
The plan is to convince 25 of the 31 Republican-held legislatures to pass "consent to secede" resolutions, then place the question before California voters in the form of a ballot measure, instead of vice versa.
Calexit could then "come back to California and tell the people: we have the constitutionally required consent to secede, all we have to do now is vote yes," said Mr. Marinelli in an email. |