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Five more Oregon counties voted in favor of leaving the state to form a "Greater Idaho," bringing the total to seven, and the effort raised some alarm on social media.
The proposed new state would take 18 full Oregon counties and parts of three others, accounting for about 860,000 residents, and add them to Idaho's existing area to form the third-largest state after Alaska and Texas, but many observers saw the long-shot plan as an effort to create a deeply conservative white ethnostate.
Greater Idaho is all about creating a whites-only homeland.— Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie (@Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie) 1622203704.0
Things like "greater idaho" are so dumb. Wait until all the liberal counties decide to leave their conservative sta… https://t.co/TmNr2OdjI8— Jennie (@Jennie) 1622212668.0
What could possibly go wrong? 😂 "'Greater Idaho' took one step closer to being a real thing as 5 more counties vo… https://t.co/NRGIu9XgVC— That Hobo Over There (@That Hobo Over There) 1622211479.0
@TheTweetOfJohn @UROCKlive1 One step closer to the Christian Identity Movement's fever-dream. It's been about estab… https://t.co/eSSnszdCC8— Templeton Peck (@Templeton Peck) 1622070860.0
I'm sure the U.S. mirroring parts of the world where political/ethnic minorities on the "wrong" side of a border le… https://t.co/QLsiMaxw9I— Craig Calcaterra (@Craig Calcaterra) 1622210743.0
@GreaterIdaho all yall should just move to Idaho, this is dumb— ᕙ(`▽´)ᕗ (@ᕙ(`▽´)ᕗ) 1622212905.0
The Greater Idaho movement just sounds like a bunch of ❄ crying about life not being fair— Robert G (@Robert G) 1622213349.0
I approve of creating a Greater Idaho, but not by taking counties from other states. Instead, let's combine Idaho,… https://t.co/tbCfPqdkw0— Grogu🐢 (@Grogu🐢) 1622212720.0
If Greater Idaho happens, all of that pristine wilderness will be pillaged and strip mined and destroyed, as we all… https://t.co/2RQoEMYHND— larisa hart (@larisa hart) 1622195101.0
Please be sure to build a wall around Greater Idaho.— #ClimateAction (@#ClimateAction) 1622211878.0
This better not happen before DC becomes a state "'Greater Idaho' took one step closer to being a real thing as 5 m… https://t.co/T5PGqCU5Bj— Victoria (@Victoria) 1622212851.0
Greater Idaho is the dumbest thing I've ever heard... https://t.co/07LT3eAjaG— 🏳️🌈The Incensed Collectivist🏳️🌈 (Blue Check) (@🏳️🌈The Incensed Collectivist🏳️🌈 (Blue Check)) 1622213320.0
@SethAbramson If these Oregon counties become part of Idaho it will be a big middle finger to the liberals.… https://t.co/TOvEwuuSXp— George Orwell's Rolling Corpse (@George Orwell's Rolling Corpse) 1622211477.0
