r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/CanadianTrashInspect 1d ago

It doesn't even make sense because the divide is very much rural vs urban. Even California and New York - which are held as examples of big Blue States - are 38% and 43% Republican.

Both those states have extremely red regions outside of the cities. So it's unlikely that those people would side with the Democratic state government over the Republican feds.

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u/Dorkamundo 1d ago

Then the republicans would simply move, just like how when Texas was talking succession a lot of democrats were planning to move if it happened.

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u/Wyn6 1d ago

Secession. Yes. I'm that guy. ​​

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u/rickane58 1d ago

Nah man, Texas Democrats just hadn't had time to catch up on their HBO backlog and were tired of the Republicans spoiling it. California has a more spoiler-conscious culture.