Former Minnesota governor says state should seek to become part of Canada

https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/01/former-minnesota-governor-says-state-should-seek-to-become-part-of-canada.html

47 Comments

  1. Standard_Program7042 on

    Absolutely not!!!! I couldnt oppose an idea more then adding a US state to this great country.

  2. I knew it was The Body before I even opened the article. That sexual tyrannosaurus.

    Let him tell you something, McMahon!

  3. 47% of Minnesota voters chose Trump in their last election. In pre-election polling, the province with the highest support for Trump had 29% say they would vote for him. I.e., despite being a blue state, they are far more supportive of Trump than any province and adding them would just be adding a bunch of cult members and shifting us more towards their politics.

    It’s also just an idea that will obviously never happen and only helps to legitimize their own threats to our sovereignty.

  4. Aggravating_Fact_857 on

    Minnesota is an open carry and conceal state. They’d have to give up their 2nd amendment rights. I have a really hard time believing they’d give that up.

  5. Acrobatic_Foot9374 on

    They becoming part of us, us becoming part of them. The narrative is becoming very annoying

  6. NiceSwordfish4009 on

    What would Minnesota have to offer us, other than threats from Trump? Stay home Minnesota, we support you in your fight but in no shape way or form, want you to be part of us

  7. We have enough foreign criminals scamming our Canadian social system, we don’t need more from Minnesota.

  8. StrikingDonkey8159 on

    Canada is happy with the number of Provinces it currently has. Thank you for your interest.

  9. As a quote to troll Trump, great. But this would probably not work out very well at all.

    Even when the Canada and US relationship was at its best, there is no way that taking Minnesota into Canada would not create an extaordinarily hostile response from the US.

    END COMMUNICATION

  10. KnowerOfUnknowable on

    Why don’t we all just stay in our side of the border? You are busy fixing your stuff over there anyway.

  11. Correct-Court-8837 on

    No thank you, we’d like to preserve what little of our distinct culture we have. I’d be more than happy to support them as their own sovereign nation, if they ever choose to secede or form their own nation with other like-minded states and we can be friendly neighbours, but that’s it.

  12. The constant articles and talk about joining, leaving, taking over, or succession from countries is so fucking annoying

  13. I’m so tired of hearing about our borders merging for one reason or another. Figure your sh*t out

  14. You can seek whatever you want, but as a Canadian, no.

    You are a part of the poluted whole. 47% of your voters were a-ok with this. I leave you to the reaping.

  15. No thanks, we’ve been Americanized enough. Either immigrate using your existing skills and talents or stay put.

    I say this as a second generation Canadian and with the utmost respect to our American neighbours, we have a right to enjoy our own country’s unique heritage and identity without it being further diluted.

  16. It would be hilarious if the result of all the 51st state talk was the states now have only 49

  17. DreamlyXenophobic on

    I dont want any american states being added, even blue ones.

    Minnesota has a population of nearly 6 million. Itd immediately become the 3rd most populous province and skew our demographics way too much. I dont want american culture war issues or maga to have even more of a foothold here.

  18. NuclearStudent on

    that’s very sweet but under basically no circumstance should we get tied into the mess of squabbling with America over territory if we can help it

  19. Logical_Frosting_277 on

    We don’t have a second amendment. I don’t think they’d be a good fit.

  20. I’m so sick of this sentiment. Its like your alcoholic big brother that thinks he is entitled to crash at your place every time he fucks up real bad and ends up couch surfing.

    We love you, we want to best for you, but you cant stay here. Go to rehab, get your shot together. See ya at Christmas.

  21. Hades_Mercedes on

    No, there’s really a lot of shitheads there. There would need to be a vetting process in place.

  22. SergeantBender on

    The Canadians that entertain this idea of taking “blue states” as a rebuke of Trump need to give their balls a tug. It implies borders are up for grabs based on ideology, and even as a joke it still normalizes our idiotic neighbour’s rhetoric.

    We are in no state to patriate American refugees while avoiding their toxic culture war. Until there’s a full civil war down there, keep the them south of the border so they are forced to fix what they started.

  23. I don’t want millions of Americans to be part of Canada regardless of their political orientation.

  24. Responsible_CDN_Duck on

    Mark Carney’s reply to Jon Stewart talking about joining when announcing his run for PM seems to fit well here.

    We can be friends, but we don’t like you in that way.

  25. LankyGuitar6528 on

    Honestly the way they have responded makes me think they would give us a bit more backbone when our turn comes. Welcome aboard.