New Hampshire Rejects Bid to Secede From US

Published on February 2, 2024

A proposed constitutional amendment for New Hampshire to secede from the United States was rejected by state lawmakers on Feb. 1. The New Hampshire House of Representatives turned down the bill without debate. Introduced by state Rep. Jason Gerhard, a Republican, the proposed amendment to the New Hampshire Constitution stated that “if the national debt reaches $40 trillion, New Hampshire shall declare independence and proceed as a sovereign nation.” The national debt is currently $34 trillion, with no signs of slowing down. Mr. Gerhard wrote in a recent letter, “we are seeing federal overreach like never before” and that “we must live free of the tyranny of the federal government.”...

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