'Calexit' campaign to make California a separate country

Thursday, November 10, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO -- As the Bay Area bleeds blue, some Silicon Valley giants want no part of living and working under a Trump presidency.
There is a campaign underway for California to become its own nation, lead in large part by Shervin Pishevar, an early investor in Uber. He's funding a campaign for the Golden State to secede from the union.
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Pishevar, who hosted a fundraiser for Clinton in July, resigned from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

He tells President Obama that he, "cannot serve President Trump with a good conscience."



Venture Capitalist Paul Holland, who recently hosted Tim Kaine, spoke about the secession idea.
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"If anybody would be able to do it, it would be California. It's the sixth largest economy. It's relatively self-sufficient int hat we can provide most of our food and most of our own labor," said Holland.

The hashtag #CalExit started trending Tuesday night.
But there is push back. Some say Pishevar and his tech supporters should focus on working to improve and not leave the United States.
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