Californians are calling for a ‘Calexit’ from the US, by Melia Robinson.

A fringe political group in California wants to opt out of a Donald Trump presidency by leaving the union.

The Yes California Independence Campaign aims to put a referendum on a 2018 ballot that, if passed, would make California an independent country. …

“As the sixth largest economy in the world, California is more economically powerful than France and has a population larger than Poland. Point by point, California compares and competes with countries, not just the 49 other states,” Yes California wrote in a statement. …

There is no clear path for how California might appeal to the federal government so that it may leave. The US Constitution lays out procedures for how a new state may enter the union, but there are no pre-existing protocols for a nation to exit.

California voted for Clinton in large numbers, and is the most left leaning state in the US. California is sometimes referred to in red-states of the US as “the left coast”.

Comments Pillage Idiot on Twitter:

CALIFORNIA: We want to secede.

US: Fine with us. Rejoin Mexico.

CALIFORNIA: Uh, no.

US: Racist.