A LONG-RUNNING and frequently troubled independence campaign – not unlike those in Scotland or Catalonia – is still very much alive with the man behind it preparing a new electoral bid in the United States. Louis Marinelli has fronted the Calexit campaign for California to become independent of the US for the past five years, but it became blighted over allegations about his links to Russia. However, Marinelli has now launched a bid to become the governor of California in next year’s election. In an interview on ABC 7, he said a vote for him as governor would be a vote for secession from the US: “The plan is to become governor and declare California an independent country … that’s exactly what this campaign is about.
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