TWO PETITIONS CALLING FOR OUR STATE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 4,000 SIGNATURES COMBINED.
ONE PETITION CLAIMS THAT "THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OVERSTEPPED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND NOW REPRESENTS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON STATE."
LOCAL POLITICAL ANALYST JEREMY LOTT WITH REAL CLEAR POLITICS SAYS PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY VENTING THEIR POST-ELECTION FRUSTRATIONS.
THE PETITIONS CAN BE FOUND ON WHITEHOUSE.GOV’S "WE THE PEOPLE" FORUM.
ONE PETITION CLAIMS THAT "THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OVERSTEPPED ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND NOW REPRESENTS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON STATE."
LOCAL POLITICAL ANALYST JEREMY LOTT WITH REAL CLEAR POLITICS SAYS PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY VENTING THEIR POST-ELECTION FRUSTRATIONS.
THE PETITIONS CAN BE FOUND ON WHITEHOUSE.GOV’S "WE THE PEOPLE" FORUM.
TO GET AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, A PETITION HAS TO SUBMIT 25-THOUSAND SIGNATURES WITHIN 30-DAYS.
AT LEAST SIX SECESSION PETITIONS FROM OTHER STATES HAVE GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO GENERATE A RESPONSE.
THE PETITIONS ALL CAME FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S ELECTION.
THEY DON'T MENTION ANY SPECIFIC ELECTION WINNERS.
