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During a debate over an overwhelmingly rejected amendment to the state constitution that would have led to New Hampshire seceding from the Union, state lawmaker Matthew Santonastaso said that the United States will collapse like the former Soviet Union did in 1991.
The amendment failed following a 323-13 House vote Thursday, with the 13 in favor of seceding from the U.S. being all Republican. Many of the lawmakers, who opposed the amendment, said it was shameful that the state was considering such an amendment, according to InDepthNH, a nonprofit New Hampshire news outlet.
Several lawmakers also said that the amendment, filed by libertarian Republicans in the state House, was the first such amendment to actually be heard by a state legislative body since the Civil War.
Santonastaso, one of the Republicans who supported the measure, said that "national divorce" is coming sooner or later, and this amendment would give New Hampshire the chance to "get out ahead of it," InDepthNH reported.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-will-fold-like-ussr-state-lawmaker-says-while-arguing-for-secession/ar-AAUWKaQ
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)Walleye
(30,729 posts)karynnj
(59,475 posts)Does NH become a state by itself?
I assume as a libertarian he does not want to secede and join with a neighboring state. VT ot MA ?? Even Maine. So, I guess alone, possibly rejecting even parts of NH.
teamster633
(2,029 posts)Back in the early 00s, our governor at the time, Craig Benson encouraged these bozos to come to NH. Their goal is to move to a small state in enough numbers to essentially take it over. Benson was such a tool that he is the only governor in our state that I'm aware of that was denied a second term. Even the republicans hated him. Unfortunately, the Randians are still here.
keithbvadu2
(36,371 posts)Get out and go where?
Got a plan?
Pay your share of the national debt on your way out.
Vogon_Glory
(9,086 posts)How much of New England would join Canada how soon and how guys like this one would like being bordered by Canada on three sides?
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)These are the same people who throw tantrums when asked to cover their faces during a pandemic, and cry when a carload of teenage girls give them the middle finger. They actually believe that the US will fold against them?
lame54
(35,143 posts)Or
New and Improved Hampshire?
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Maybe they can re-build their fascist utopia there.
LiberalFighter
(50,506 posts)Introducing and supporting legislation should automatically revoke their citizenship.
Itchinjim
(3,083 posts)Ship him off to Gitmo.