Edit: The current movement appears unrelated to Yes California - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-secession-donald-trump

Edit: The current movement appears unrelated to Yes California - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-secession-donald-trump-calexit-marcus-ruiz-evans-b2686440.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic... """ “People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Ruiz Evans said on Saturday. “I hate Donald Trump,” he added. “I am full-blooded Mexican. The day he went on TV and said all Mexicans are rapists, I said, ‘He can go f** himself.’ “ He added: “When I see Trump pick on women, on LGBTQ people … my family left Texas for California to escape that. And when I look at Trump, it reminds me of all the horror stories my mom and my grandma told me from [the time] before they left.” """ Sign me up. (original below) I am absolutely in favor of an independent California, but in the past at least the backing for this has had ties to Putin (which makes sense, I suppose, it would cripple the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_California