Man behind 2028 “Calexit” bid says movement for California to secede gaining traction
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Of the 50 stars on the American Flag, star number 31 became California’s in 1850. Nearly 200 years later, there is a growing push for that marriage to end, from people who believe California and America have drifted too far apart.
“Everybody thought I was insane when I proposed this originally and everybody said it was going to go nowhere,” said Marcus Ruiz Evans, from Fresno.
Ruiz Evans spoke to CBS News Bay Area as he is advocating for California to secede and become an independent nation, in what has become known as the “Calexit” movement.
“I think California values are completely different from American values, and they’ve been that way for a long time,” he said.
Every day, Ruiz Evans has conversation after conversation working to raise awareness to his cause – sometimes with people who are on the same page, other times with those who have vastly different political views but are eager in exploring the same reality in their respective states.
“We’re working with conservative secessionists to show that we can come to an agreement. I’ve talked to Texans, New Hampshire, Florida, Louisiana, a little bit out of Vermont – the attitude is, ‘Look, I don’t want your values and you don’t want mine. I don’t want you telling me what to do, and I don’t think…
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