Yes, those are the stated reasons for the cause, but why is the idea getting so much attention at the moment? My guess is there are a lot of people angry that

Yes, those are the stated reasons for the cause, but why is the idea getting so much attention at the moment? My guess is there are a lot of people angry that Trump got elected who are resorting to useless hail-marys like petitioning the electoral college to vote for their candidate or for California to secede. Given a few months, the secession movement will hopefully crawl back into the hole it came out of once the anti-Trump crowd runs out of a bit of steam.