Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) suggested the United States should make Alberta its “51st state” if the oil-rich province breaks away from Canada, jumping on President Donald Trump’s repeated tease of the nation’s northern neighbor.
The House Republican floated the prospect during an interview on Newsmax’s National Report Monday morning while defending Trump’s aggressive approach toward Canada and other U.S. allies.
“Well, look, the fact of the matter is Alberta is talking about seceding from Canada,” the lawmaker said, adding: “We should make it the 51st state. Tremendous oil reserves there.”
Harris had earlier praised Trump for challenging what he described as an “unlevel playing field” between the U.S. and NATO allies and other countries, casting the president’s trade war with Canada as part of the same push.
His remarks came one day after Trump ratcheted up that dispute, demanding that Canadian companies move their headquarters and production operations to the United States if they want to escape his administration’s incoming tariffs.
[Albertans are due to vote October 19 on whether the province should remain part of Canada or proceed toward a later, binding referendum on independence.]
It’s been the plan since the beginning.
We know the US is involved in the separatist trash by funding it, interfering in our politics, as well as propagating a disinformation campaign in their media to portray Canada as an enemy on both sides of the border.
We are at war and the US is the enemy.
And yet nobody will lift a finger to stop the upcoming annexation.
Every Albertan needs to vote in the upcoming referendum, either in-person (expect long wait times) or by mail-in ballot, which can be ordered on the Elections Alberta website: https://specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400
Vote No to the 9 & Yes to stay.