Fun facts about California:

CA has just about 39.5 million residents

California is the most populous U.S. state

If CA were its own country, it would be the fifth-largest economy in the world https://twitter.com/bman630/status/1324705953321783297

CA’s ag industry has the highest output of any U.S. state - even tho it is only 1.5% of the state’s economy

CA supplies OVER ONE THIRD of the USA’s vegetables

CA also grows TWO THIRDS of the entire country's fruits and nuts

CA is a cultural powerhouse: the origin of the hippie counterculture, beach and car culture, the internet, and the personal computer - to name a few things.

SF is a major central force for global technology

LA is a major central force for entertainment

CA has the largest minority population in the United States by numbers: 60% of the state population (per 2011 #s).

We have a broad variety of microclimates - you can find the desert, the coast, the mountains - all right here. We have vast rural areas and huge cities.

CA provides massive benefit to the country - and the world. This is not even close to a comprehensive breakdown of CA’s economic, agricultural, and cultural influence.

You can’t just casually throw CA out. This state is a force to behold on so many levels.

Nice try, tho.

CA is - like everything - imperfect, with its own flaws and quirks. But you can’t pretend that CA isn’t an integral or important part of the US bc you don’t like that CA goes blue.

We are a huge state with a wide range of diverse folks - across every axis of marginalization.

And without us the US would be f u c k e d.

If you think CA is just made up of “coastal elites,” all you’re admitting is that you don’t really know this place. Even if you’ve visited or lived in one city, you don’t understand the scope of it.

There’s almost forty fucking million people here. We are not all one thing.

Oh and I guess if you don’t like it...what’s that thing that Trumpists love to say?

Oh right!

You can leave.