Steve Bannon warns California might secede from the US

By Daniel Chaitin

Published October 21, 2017 12:16pm ET

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Steve Bannon warns California might secede from the US — "You are a sanctuary state," he told a crowd in Anaheim at the California Republican Party convention. "If you do not roll this back, 10 or 15 years from now the folks in Silicon Valley and progressive Democrats are going to try to secede from the union." (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) | Ringo H.W. Chiu

Steve Bannon warned Friday evening that California might pose a “problem” to the U.S. by attempting to secede.

Couching his statement on California’s status as a “sanctuary state,” Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, contended that California’s Democrats and “the lords of Silicon Valley” would attempt to flee like states did in the run-up to the Civil War if the policy isn’t turned around.

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