Trump Winning Election Sparks Calls Online For California To Secede

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – After it became clear that Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, those frustrated with the result suggested California should secede.

Californians and others talked about the Golden State leaving the United States with the hashtag #Calexit, a play on the similarly stunning Brexit vote that the United Kingdom took to leave the European Union earlier this year.

On the campaign trail, Trump touted in the closing days of his campaign that his election would be "Brexit-plus-plus-plus" or "Brexit times 50."

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