BrikoX to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish • 7 months agoPro-Trump Counties Vote to Secede from Illinois, Form New Red Statewww.ibtimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square22arrow-up173file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up173external-linkPro-Trump Counties Vote to Secede from Illinois, Form New Red Statewww.ibtimes.comBrikoX to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square22file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-square@ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish9•7 months agoThere’s precedent for it, with West Virginia. The problem is that the way that the Senate works makes what could have been a local issue extremely national.
minus-square@ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•7 months agoJust make them like Puerto Rico where they are neither a state nor a sovereign nation.
There’s precedent for it, with West Virginia. The problem is that the way that the Senate works makes what could have been a local issue extremely national.
Just make them like Puerto Rico where they are neither a state nor a sovereign nation.
That precedent comes with a big civil war shaped asterik.