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marmar

(77,086 posts)
Thu May 20, 2021, 09:54 AM May 2021

GOP co-chair Maddock suggests Michigan should secede from U.S.


She's free to GTFO at any time. Just sayin'.


(Detroit Metro Times) Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock, who spread conspiracy theories about election fraud and downplayed COVID-19, suggested on Facebook that Michigan should secede from the U.S.

Maddock made the remark in a post last week that included a photo of her with Nigel Farage, one of the most famous faces of "Brexit," a reference to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

“Maybe it’s time for a #MIexit American’s [sic] tried it once before,” she wrote. “Time to end our Governor’s tyrannical rule.”

Maddock’s criticism of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, is nothing new. Maddock has been one of the most outspoken voices against COVID-19 restrictions. She helped organized Operation Gridlock, an anti-lockdown protest that intentionally jammed the streets in Lansing in April 2020. ...........(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2021/05/19/gop-co-chair-maddock-suggests-michigan-should-secede-from-us




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C_U_L8R

(45,014 posts)
1. Republicans are free to leave, but this land does not belong to them
Thu May 20, 2021, 09:55 AM
May 2021

Of course, they'll try to steal it.

Siwsan

(26,286 posts)
2. Better yet, maybe we can find a 'homeland' for all of these miscreants. Preferably a remote island
Thu May 20, 2021, 09:58 AM
May 2021

They can have the other guy as their supreme ruler, and live a 'The Lord of the Flies' style existence.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)
5. Yes
Thu May 20, 2021, 10:28 AM
May 2021

Plenty of the old abandoned ones still left around on remote islands. We should definitely look into relocating them. I'll happily pay for their one-way tickets.

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