Tucker Carlson has an ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE interview with the Calexit Leader Pushing for California to be it's own Country,

Tucker Carlson decided to begin his program tonight debating a CalExit leader. And by the end of the segment, he was wondering if he’d been punked. Mentioning that a ballot referendum to make California an independent country could come up for a vote next year if it reaches enough signatures, Carlson welcomed on Shanker Singham to discuss the issue. And, as one would expect, the segment was pretty much off the rails as soon as it started. The two kept going back and forth on the pros and cons of California seceding from the United States, with Singham asking Carlson why he and others really cared if they left considering many on the right think of Californians as “snowflakes” and “hippies.”



After a few minutes of this, with Carlson trying to seriously debate Singham on the merits of #CalExit, Carlson suspected that things might not be on the level after his guest made some off-the-wall comments about immigration and the middle class. “Dude, I don’t know if this is like, I have never met you,” Carlson exclaimed. “I’ve never heard of you. If this is a parody segment — you’re punking me. Or you are really high, and telling the truth, because high people do that.” He added, “Bottom line, are you serious?”Tucker Carlson reported that the United States may lose a star on its flag for the first time ever, if "Calexit" becomes reality. Carlson said the Calexit movement wants California to become an independent country through a ballot initiative in 2018 that requires 585,000 signatures to get started. Shankar Singam, a supporter of Calexit and vice president of the California Freedom Coalition, told Carlson such a split does not have to be "hostile."



Carlson noted South Carolina split from the Union in the 1860s, only to reenter it after the Civil War was won by the Grand Army of the Republic. "Do you fully comprehend the implications of this?" Carlson asked. "Why would the rest of us Americans let California go without a war?" "I don't know if this a parody segment?" he asked. "You just said you're happy to be exporting the middle class of your state." Shankar said the Golden State is a "dominant... economic powerhouse" and the fifth-largest economy in the world. He said that critics of the state often dismiss it as a haven for snowflakes and hippies, appearing to insinuate it wouldn't be missed in the Union.



"This is California. We're not the United States," Shankar said. "We disregard what the United States thinks, or even their laws."

Carlson also asked what the U.S. should do with thousands of troops on bases like Camp Pendleton that would be then considered foreign soil.

Shankar said the nation of California should charge a fee to keep U.S. troops there, comparing the relationship to the one we have with Landstuhl in Germany.