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Secession is here: States, cities and the wealthy are already withdrawing from America

  • Written by Michael J. Lee, Professor of Communication, College of Charleston
Secession is here: States, cities and the wealthy are already withdrawing from AmericaActs of secession are happening across the U.S.Vector Illustration/Getty Images

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries.

She has plenty of company on the right, where a host of others – 52% of...

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