{"id":339442,"date":"2023-02-28T21:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T02:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/?p=339442"},"modified":"2023-02-28T06:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T11:53:32","slug":"greater-idaho-movement-to-make-several-oregon-counties-part-of-idaho-gains-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgtreport.com\/2023\/02\/greater-idaho-movement-to-make-several-oregon-counties-part-of-idaho-gains-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"GREATER IDAHO: Movement to Make Several Oregon Counties Part of Idaho Gains Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mike LaChance, The Gateway Pundit<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

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As you know, several counties in the state of Oregon are trying to secede and become part of the state of Idaho.<\/p>\n

The people who live in these counties are sick and tired of the radical left wing politics that rule their state because of cities like Portland.<\/p>\n

We have been tracking the process of this movement.\u00a0It\u2019s looking good in the Idaho legislature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

People want it to happen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TRUTH LIVES on at\u00a0https:\/\/sgtreport.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Achieving this goal is a massive undertaking but the idea is ganing popularity.<\/p>\n

FOX News<\/a>\u00a0reports:<\/p>\n

\u2018Greater Idaho\u2019 movement to absorb conservative rural counties from liberal Oregon gains momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n

A campaign to have rural eastern Oregon effectively secede from the blue state and join more conservative Idaho is gaining steam as leaders from both states express support for relocating the border between them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Former Oregon House Speaker Mark Simmons penned an op-ed in the Idaho Statesman, a daily newspaper, over the weekend to explain why he supports the so-called Greater Idaho movement, which seeks to incorporate about 13 Oregon counties, or 63% of the state\u2019s landmass and 9% of its population, within Idaho\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdaho would have the satisfaction of freeing rural, conservative communities from progressive blue-state law,\u201d wrote Simmons. \u201cWe are dismayed by the manner in which Oregon government has marginalized our values and villainized our resource-based livelihoods. This is why our counties voted 75% Republican last year (Idaho voted 67% Republican).\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmons described how Oregon stores are selling drugs near Idaho communities and hurting the quality of life in the area, explaining that moving the state line would force drug shops away from most of Idaho\u2019s population and help eastern Oregonians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese counties would help maintain rural values in the Idaho Legislature, values of faith, family, and self-reliance,\u201d he argued. \u201cAll of eastern Oregon voted against marijuana legalization and the decriminalization of hard drugs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s important to pay attention to this story. If it works, it will set a precedent for people in other states to follow.<\/p>\n

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Greater Idaho resolution passes Idaho House; calls for talks with Oregon over moving border https:\/\/t.co\/mGFz1zuYzE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Oregonian Politics (@OregonianPol) February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n