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Pro-Trump Counties Vote to Secede from Illinois, Form New Red State (www.ibtimes.com)

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's precedent for it, with West Virginia. The problem is that the way that the Senate works makes what could have been a local issue extremely national.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Just make them like Puerto Rico where they are neither a state nor a sovereign nation.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

That precedent comes with a big civil war shaped asterik.