Greater Idaho Movement and Other Secessionist Groups Look to Trump 2.0 as Their Time
Campaigns to change state borders or form new states speak to the divide among rural and urban, red and blue, that the 2024 election map showcases.
The Greater Idaho Movement, a campaign for rural, conservative eastern Oregon to secede from the state and join Idaho, is calling on President-elect Trump to support its cause.
The group sent to President-elect Trump this week an open letter, which they also posted to X, asking the incoming president for a meeting and arguing that “helping us achieve this would cement your legacy as a peacemaker and transformational president.”
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