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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMississippi Republican calls for his state to "succeed" from the Union after Biden victory
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
(36,745 posts)They are a taker state.
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
(35,427 posts)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
(32,750 posts)Whos gonna support them when they secede??
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)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
(28,809 posts)Good luck without NY taxpayers.
Edit: They certainly wont miss public education.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)ace3csusm
(969 posts)I betting when it comes down to actual sign they change their minds...
Aristus
(66,307 posts)Theyre dead last in everything, including and especially literacy.
So go ahead, Mississippi, succeed, and good riddance.
Shermann
(7,409 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)But, I think Mr. Price (R) is a fool and can't find a majority of the population to join-in with him.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Wednesdays
(17,332 posts)Response to Maven (Original post)
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Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)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
(36,745 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)would they form...
An Axis of Weevils?
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)Universal Karma
(35 posts)Most Republican states are takers and moochers.
renate
(13,776 posts)Honestly, why would he think this is a threat?
Quixote1818
(28,926 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)them to China?
elias7
(3,996 posts)orwell
(7,769 posts)...letting any of the original confederate states secede if they want to.
Make America Great Again II...
roamer65
(36,745 posts)🇨🇦
Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)Can you take some of your red state friends with you? Thanks.
SouthernCal_Dem
(852 posts)Great news.
BannonsLiver
(16,342 posts)Addition by subtraction.