EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of East Oregon bid to secede and join Idaho thinks movement could go nationwide – with more rural countries looking to dump urban Democratic leaders and woke havens like Portland who impose taxes on them and shun ‘traditional values’
EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of East Oregon bid to secede and join Idaho thinks movement could go nationwide – with more rural countries looking to dump urban Democratic leaders and woke havens like Portland who impose taxes on them and shun ‘traditional values’
- Oregon’s eastern counties step up plan to break away from liberal state leaders
- The Greater Idaho Movement is taking on lobbyists as it pushes legislation
- Leaders say they have map for rural, red America to flee dominance of blue cities
By ROB CRILLY, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN LA PINE, OREGON
PUBLISHED: 08:31 EST, 5 February 2023 | UPDATED: 11:07 EST, 5 February 2023
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The leader of east Oregon‘s plan to leave liberal Portland behind and join conservative Idaho is moving fast.
Mike McCarter has a $70,000 budget for lobbyists in the two states, has seen allies introduce legislation in Oregon last month and has a bill ready to go in Idaho that would accelerate discussions for 15 counties to jump the border.
If it works, he says other red counties will have a model for how to dump their urban, Democratic rulers. Continue watchingUS braces for Beijing’s response over spy balloonafter the ad
‘I think people within the United States are watching Oregon’s movement, hoping that it’ll establish a pathway for them in the future,’ he told DailyMail.com.
The leader of the Greater Idaho Movement runs the campaign from a cramped office in a cabin outside La Pine.
Its walls are decorated with the head of a musk deer and
