After Trump victory, Oregonians submit petition to secede

[MoonRiver]

Two Oregonians are starting a petition to secede from the United States and is asking Washington to join. (KIRO 7)
In the wake of the presidential election, two Oregon residents have filed a petition to secede from the United States and form a new country, and they’ve invited Washington State to join.

The petition was filed with the Secretary of State’s office in Oregon Thursday. The Oregon petition is for a 2018 ballot initiative. In order to start the ballot title drafting process, the petition must receive 1,000 signatures.

It asks the Governor and Legislature to “actively pursue Oregon’s peaceful secession from the United States of America.” The petition states the secession can be “alone or in conjunction with other states and Canadian provinces that seek to form a new nation, including but not limited to California, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada, Alaska and British Columbia.”

http://mynorthwest.com/456467/oregonians-ask-to-secede-from-us/

We're ready to move, if they can pull this off, which is, admittedly, unlikely.

[riversedge]

1. Would love to see this happen--I know it

never will but the fun is the jouney.

[riversedge]

2. There is no link at the site. Do you have one?

[HassleCat]

3. West side of the Cascade Mtns

Eastern Oregon and Washington are Trump territory.

[yurbud]

11. and outside of cities. Even here in California, between San Francisco and Los Angeles...

there is a vast stretch of red.

I used to drive from LA to Portland to see my family, and after the Grapevine, the talk radio was so far right it made Rush Limbaugh sound like Phil Donahue.

[Loryn]

19. Southern Coast of Oregon is red as well.

They scare me.

[WheelWalker]

4. Old news. That petition has been withdrawn...

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/11/group_that_created_proposed_or.html

[LisaL]

14. They claim there were getting death threats.

[roamer65]

18. Yes, California! isn't backing off.

They are forging forward with their petition drive.

[Farmgirl1961]

5. Never say never!

I'm an Oregonian. I love Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. We do things differently and in my opinion - better. I'd be more than happy to sign the petition and get the initiative on the ballot.

Cascadia here we come!

[Coyotl]

6. Ironic, the Trumpers are the ones who want to break up the USA and steal everything.

This would just play into their plans to do in the US what the plutocrats did to the USSR, privatize everything and become billionaires.

[itsrobert]

7. Will they shutdown the Colorado River to California?

Dirty pool by Trump. No water for California. Not that it would happen anyhow.

[LisaL]

8. Oregon, California, Washington could combine into own glorious country.

[PasadenaTrudy]

20. Cascadia!

I'd love it!

[octoberlib]

9. I can only dream. I'd move to that nation in a heartbeat.

[yurbud]

10. if Blue states secede, who would pay for welfare in red states?

Call me a bleeding heart liberal, but I would hate to see children suffer for the sins of their parents.

[diane in sf]

21. We could make them behave to get their welfare, unlike now where they call the shots

[yurbud]

23. Is that meth I smell in there? Who do you think is going to give you a job with that haircut and no

sleeves?

[HAB911]

12. Succeed or not.........MAKE NOISE! n/t

[Equinox Moon]

13. I do think it is time to split this country up.

And no worries regarding red-trump supporters, they can move out of the new sane country and kind-loving people can buy up their homes. I would be interested in moving to this new country.

[onecaliberal]

16. Word.

[JI7]

15. i don't support this but if california oregon and Washington state was one nation

I think it could do a lot of good.

[Portland_Anni]

17. Earnest Callenbach wrote a book about an Independent Northwest called Ecotopia.

Which he postulated as a sort of laid back Red China. Many of us support a Cascadia free state. Personally I like the idea.

[TheFrenchRazor]

22. don't blame 'em, and it is their right, IMO. nt