Calexiter

plural Calexiters

1. USgovernmentSomeone who supports Calexit.

   Could it possibly be, #Calexiters, that maybe it's you who don't the share values with rest of the country?

   2016 December 15, “California's Latest Ballot Initiatives Prove Residents Live In Fantasy World”, in The Federalist

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   The Calexiters think that California would be better off as its own nation, and, taking a page from the British and their “Brexit” election last year, thinks that the rest of the state’s voters can be convinced that separation would be a good idea.

   2017 July 13, David Ross, “The cuckoo “Calexit” movement”, in Valley Roadrunner

   The decision marked a revival of sorts for Calexiters: initial efforts at winning support for a ballot initiative collapsed in the spring after it was discovered that a prominent figure in the movement, Louis Marinelli, head of an organization called YesCalifornia, was living in Russia, and maintained close ties to a Kremlin-funded group.

   2017 August 3, Casey Michel, “California Secessionists Retain Russian Connection”, in EurasiaNet

   Undeterred, Calexiters regrouped and strategized anew. Late last month, they returned with a new proposal they're certain will catch on.

   2017 August 24, Ben Boychuk, “Calexit is our state's latest delusion, all three versions”, in The Sacramento Bee

   We'd like to think such a kooky idea has no shot at getting on the ballot, like the previous attempts by the two main Calexiters — Marcus Ruiz Evans and Louis J. Marinelli — to get some sort of secession proposal on the ballot. But crazier things have happened.

   2018 August 7, “Save us from another kooky California breakup plan”, in w:Los Angeles Times

   Synonyms: Calexiteer