Social media fans hail Green Party leader who invites California to become Canadian province [View all]
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 08 January 2025 05:52 GMT
Social media is continuing to rave about Canada’s Green Party leader who mocked Donald Trump’s lack of political knowledge in a recent speech and invited California - and Oregon and Washington - to join Canada as its newest provinces.
Elizabeth May flamed Trump at a recent press conference for his bullying, demeaning suggestion that the Canadian nation would make a “nice 51st state.” She noted: “We do not aspire to be the 51st state ... If it was a joke, it was never funny, and it ends now.”
She called the taunt “insulting” and Trump’s casual suggestion about taking over sovereign nations, including Panana and Greenland astonishing. She suggested instead that it would be an excellent idea for America’s West Coast states to join its welcoming northern neighbor in solidarity. Given California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s tense relationship with Trump, it could be tempting.
“Maybe California would like to be the 11th province. How ‘bout it, California? Oregon? Washington? We’ve got geography in common,” she urged.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/social-media-fans-hail-green-party-leader-who-invited-california-to-join-canada-b2675527.html
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