A top Republican official in Wyoming floated the idea of seceding from the United States after a high-profile member of his party from the Cowboy State embraced the impeachment of President Trump.
Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne suggested the idea to War Room Pandemic podcast host and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon in a weekend interview focused on the decision by Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranked Republican in the House, to vote in favor of impeaching Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection related to the deadly riot that took place at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
“We need to focus on the fundamentals that’s been stated in this broadcast, and that is what Wyoming is,” Eathorne stated. “We are straight-talking, focused on the global scene, but we’re also focused at home. Many of these Western states have the ability to be self-reliant, and we’re keeping eyes on Texas too and their consideration of possible secession. Now, they have a different state constitution than we do as far […]
Like many states with an economy that’s centered around fossil fuels and the deep in tourism, this doesn’t surprise me. I am concerned that state and national leadership is not yet addressing potential ways of bringing in alternative energy in these states and others. The people who worked in fossil fuels knew that change was coming, but many were at a loss at how make the shift easier. Enlightened leadership and planning at the community and state level cannot be assumed. And fear of losing livelihoods and fear of what was coming were powerful influencers alongside close to two centuries of coal. And over a century of oil drilling. Personally, I believe DC should, or maybe it already is, creating legislation that demands the shift from fossil fuels to alternative begins at those cities and locations, paid for by fossil fuel companies. I haven’t yet heard of that happening, but perhaps it is in some places.