Lawmaker proposes St. Louis area leaving Missouri
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One south St. Louis County legislator is floating a plan to make St. Louis the nation’s 51st state.
During debate Wednesday on a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, state Rep. Michael Burton, D-Lakeshire, suggested St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County should break up with Missouri to become the 51st state.
While Burton hasn’t formally filed legislation to that effect, he said he has asked House staff to “put something together to make St. Louis city, St. Louis County and St. Charles County the 51st state of the United States.”
His comments came as President Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st state and has advocated for taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal.
“I agree with President Trump. Maybe we should have a 51st state. I just don’t think it should be Canada,” the legislator told his colleagues on the House floor.
Elsewhere, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: They want to break away from their states, perhaps uniting with Indiana and Idaho, respectively.
Proponents say they have more in common with their rural brethren across…
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