New California has filed to become the "51st" US state

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Errorist76 said:

 

So they essentially want to „get rid of the waste“ in Trump speech?! For it to become New California there first needs to be no California no more. Also I’m sure the constitution forbids such a thing, right?!

 

NightlyPoe said: 

Article IV: Section 3

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

That’s what I thought.

If they complain about the state‘s government why did they elect it?!

That is their point. They don't have representation in their mind. If you look at the map showing who wants to break away, its covers like 95% of the total land area, yet I would guess they only represent 30% of the total population. Thus you have the highly populated urban areas electing all of the government in that state. The officials running for government there know this and thus pander to the urban areas and make all the rules that benefit the urban area.

It's the very reason we don't have a popular vote for president, but the one we have. It's so that people running for president don't just pander 100% to the huge cities and ignore 95% of the rest of the country.