Published:
15 hours ago
If California declares itself a “sanctuary state,” it is saying that it
is no longer obeying the laws of the United States. In other words, it
has seceded from the nation, just as surely as Southern states seceded
from the Union in 1861.
President Trump will have no choice but to treat California as
President Lincoln treated the secessionist South in 1861. He will send
federal forces into Sacramento to seize the Capitol and take the
governor into custody. He must federalize the California National
Guard, as Eisenhower did in the South during the school-segregation
crisis. He will require the resignation of every mayor, sheriff and
police chief who signed on to the sanctuary state and who refused to
carry out the duties of their offices. Any who do not resign will be
taken into federal custody.
No federal funding will go to California until a new government is
installed. Any physical resistance will be met with force. Any other
state contemplating sanctuary status must be given an object lesson of
what will become of them.
By the way,
once California has been
declared to be in a state of secession, its entire congressional
delegation, including both senators (both Democrats, by the way), will
not be able to vote in Congress. The precedent was set during
and after the Civil War. Any other states with delusions of grandeur
may want to consider that.
Most of us in ca would welcome all of the above.
ReplyDeleteOh, please! Yes!
ReplyDeleteBe still my heart, just the thought makes me giddy!
And yes, I'm in the once-Golden State of CA myself.
It troubles me greatly that Lincoln is considered the authority on the subject, not the creator of our Republic. Which would also mean that Trump should march soldiers into the state legislature and arrest supporters of the issue. Then he can suspend habeas corpus, and arrest the chief justice etc....
ReplyDeleteOle TJ spoke about secession on quite a few occasions
"If there were a “separation, God bless them both & keep them in the union if it be for their good, but separate them, if it be better.”
“If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left to combat it.”
I would love to see Cali leave, today if possible. The benefits to them are few, but for those who view life differently, the improvements possible are endless. And as I've said many times on here..Noooo Movsie Backsies! -Anymouse
Should California secede, whether President Trump takes the actions specified or not, its 55 electoral votes are gone forever. So, too, is any chance for the Democrats to win another presidential election.
ReplyDeleteCali would be a buglight for true progressives, what pure of thought progressive wouldn't want to unass S. Texas or North Florida and move to the motherland? I imagine that many libs headed west would make a sort of flushing sound. Of course, us nasty red staters could issue a 1 year notice to stop paying welfare benefits, but might provide a voucher for a uhaul and some gas. The possibilities are just endless. Its sad that it came to this. I remember quail hunting in Orange County in 1985, and the landslide elections of Pete by God Wilson. It was all so red then. -Anymouse
ReplyDeleteYou could also split it into two states, as was done with Virginia/West-VA.
ReplyDeleteTempting as this thinking is, I urge you to reconsider it. The same could be applied to any other state that refused to obey Federal law, and a few years ago there were states threatening to ignore Federal _gun_laws_, and many of us cheered that.
ReplyDeleteAnnoyed White Male
Do we have to make them stay?
ReplyDelete"The same could be applied to any other state that refused to obey Federal law, and a few years ago there were states threatening to ignore Federal _gun_laws_, and many of us cheered that."
ReplyDeleteThe Second Amendment leaves federal gun laws in a questionable state.
CA's "sanctuary state" blathering has no such justification.