Former Governor Jesse Ventura proposed the plan in an interview recently while saying "it’s obvious Donald Trump don’t want us.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59455315

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says the people of his state should consider leaving the United States. In an interview on the SpinSisters podcast that premiered Saturday, Ventura pitched his plan by saying that it’s clear President Donald Trump doesn’t want the state.

“How about since Trump dislikes Minnesota so bad and we’re so out of control, let’s join Canada. Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state of America and lose their healthcare… I’d like to see Minnesota, all of us become Canadians,” Ventura said. Make this part of Canada, because it’s obvious Donald Trump don’t want us. It’s obviously he’s ready to fracture the whole country for his own folly."

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 hours ago

    Unfortunately USA is not a free country, and secession is illegal.
    History shows that military force will be used in case states try to secede.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 hours ago

      It’s very easy for secession to be legal. You just have to have the federal government on board with it. Someone could absolutely run for president on a platform of, “I’ll let states secede from the union. If you want to go, I won’t stop you.” What SCOTUS says is irrelevant. If the president simply refused to send in the military to suppress any rebellion, secession would be fully legal.

  • Tug@lemmy.world
    3·
    20 hours ago

    I do enjoy the idea, but I feel we have to call it out just like we do every time Texas talks about leaving. This issue has been settled (violently).

    If you get a majority of the northern population centers and economies to seceed it would be more feasible, but it would result in an actual shooting civil war. One state (with the exception of California) isn’t enough to go it alone.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 hours ago

      This issue has been settled (violently).

      It hasn’t been settled at all. All it would take for secession to be legal and an available option would be for someone to get elected president on a platform of “I’ll let states secede.” That’s literally all it would take. If the person commanding the military just refuses to use it to put down a secession, secession will happen.