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[–] [email protected] 2 points 40 minutes ago

Greene on Monday described these actions as a threat against Trump's "mandate."

That mandate calls for actions Democratic states must accept, Greene argued, such as the mass deportation of "illegal invaders" and preventing trans children from playing sports.

The funny thing is that MTG is getting less and less of a "mandate" from GA-14 for all of her crap: In 2020 she got 74.6 percent of the vote, in 2022 she got 65.9, and in 2024 she got 64.4. Keep it up Marge.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

A republican flip flopping on states rights again? I'm shocked.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How is it not illegal for her to say these things? Like is that a threat against the United States?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Depends.

Protected by the first amendment, one can legally advocate for the dissolution of the Union through bicameral ratification outlined constitutionally. To advocate for armed insurrection or violent overthrow of the federal government is sedition and considered quite illegal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

Is it really illegal if the law isn't enforced? Is anything a Republican does illegal anymore?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 hours ago

Honestly, with what I'm genuinely concerned is going to happen, that would probably be preferable. Give everyone some notice, and we can escape the nutjobs by being homeless in California and New York instead of concentrated in camps in Florida and Georgia. I mean, it'll inevitably make the blue state nation more conservative as they blame southern refugees for all their problems, but it'd still be better more than likely

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago

Now that I am no longer in FL and live in a blue state… cool, I like the idea but I’m not a fucking traitorous asshole to my country. When are we putting this bitch up on the gallows?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

So they know that Texas doesn't have a GDP high enough to even run all their red catastrophies, right? I'm kidding, I know they don't know. They probably also don't know that CA would be the third largest super power if they ever let us go. Which they won't. At all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

I don’t know, they are certainly close to dumb enough to sign off on it. Or, you know, we can just do it and ignore the rules since they are all so fond of that now.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Californians are in an abusive relationship. Blamed for everything and not allowed to leave

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Just let us have our fires in peace damnit!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Don't threaten me with a good time lady.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The rest of the US doesn't deserve California's economy

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 hours ago

I'm literally moving to a blue state. The one good idea she had I beat her to it. Peace idiots.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I mean... as long as California takes Colorado and New Mexico with it, I see no real issues with that. We get the economy, the nature, and the nukes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Yep. Best Christmas present they could offer.

Do it. Push her harder.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

Lets go for the Fallout 2 version I want to annoy everyone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We'll bring along Oregon and Washington, at least the west halves, and call the country the Collective of American States.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Sounds good to my rainy ears here in Seattle 😎

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

What's the split on ports in blue states vs red states?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Pretty much all in Blue states - the Red states have no pacific access and lode out on the eastern megacity.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Depends on how long hurricane season is. And how much more powerful hurricanes will get.

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