{"id":1068438,"date":"2021-11-30T12:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068438"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:28:53","slug":"california-town-becomes-constitutional-republic-to-protest-pandemic-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-town-becomes-constitutional-republic-to-protest-pandemic-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"California Town Becomes &#039;Constitutional Republic&#039; to Protest Pandemic Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-town-becomes-constitutional-republic-to-protest-pandemic-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Constitution-against-a-flag-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The mayor of Oroville, California has found a revolutionary way to protest&nbsp;Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s (D-CA) vaccine mandate for school children.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor&nbsp;Scott Thomson led the charge, and \u201cOroville declared itself a constitutional republic,\u201d the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-11-29\/la-me-california-covid-mandates-constitutional-republic\">reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAny executive orders issued by the State of California or by the United States federal government that are overreaching or clearly violate our constitutionally protected rights will not be enforced by the City of Oroville against its citizens,\u201d according to the declaration, which the City Council passed this month.<\/p>\n<p>Thomson, who is the father of two young boys, said what he really wants is \u201cdialogue\u201d \u2014 the City Council emphasized at the resolution meeting that the move was not \u201cbeginning the effort for Oroville to secede from California and from the Union.\u201d The state also still regulates local schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that the mandates have gone from not just putting something on the outside of your body or modifying how you run your business, but now shoving something inside your body that nobody knows the long-term effects of, that\u2019s just like, OK, now you\u2019re, in my opinion, crossing the line,\u201d Thomson said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4451612903226\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden Orders Vax Mandates: &#8220;This is Not About Freedom or Personal Choice&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HoDwTqLbyG\">pic.twitter.com\/HoDwTqLbyG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1436302343419670535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mayor, who is also a a pastor, said he is not against masks and vaccines, he just thinks people should have freedom of choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people out there who are like, \u2018This whole thing is a hoax,&#8217;\u201d he said. \u201cWe are not like that, just being reckless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that Oroville, which has a population of about 20,000, is one of a \u201cgrowing number\u201d of California communities \u201cto label itself a sanctuary city\u201d from \u201csome liberal ideal,\u201d and specifically pointed to the desert town of Needles, which became a \u201csanctuary city\u201d for the Second Amendment \u201cin a rebuke of California\u2019s strict gun control laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in defiance of pandemic shutdown orders, the Central Valley towns of Atwater and Coalinga last year declared themselves, respectively, a \u201csanctuary city for business\u201d and a town where all businesses are essential \u2014 with both losing emergency COVID-19 funding in the process,\u201d according to the report. \u201cDesigned to benefit from the buzz of California\u2019s \u201csanctuary\u201d designations used in the context of protecting undocumented immigrants, the labels reflect tensions between rural towns and the Newsom administration \u2014 and the left in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Council members have reportedly received calls and emails from around the country, both \u201cpositive and negative,\u201d since passing the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of expletives,\u201d Councilman and President of the Oroville Chamber of Commerce Eric Smith told the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith added that the majority of Oroville businesses owners are in favor of the resolution, saying the \u201cbroad pandemic closures were a hard pill to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilwoman Krysi Riggs, who cast the only vote against the declaration, said she did so because she would rather city leaders fight against mandates through the judicial system \u2014 though she reportedly \u201cunderstands the frustration with mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in this situation for 20 months, and I think the general feeling is fatigue,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen does this come to an end? Yes, there are some lights at the end of the tunnel, but those come with uncertainties and risks as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Oroville, California has found a revolutionary way to protest\u00a0Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s (D-CA) vaccine mandate for school children. 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