Mintaha Neslihan Eroglu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Protesters gather in front of the Los Angeles Municipality building during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Los Angeles on Nov. 9, 2016.

The Golden State is blue.

After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, some in California, a state that voted overwhelmingly for Democrat Hillary Clinton, tweeted about seceding from the United States, using the hashtag #Calexit.

The hashtag references the Brexit, a successful campaign in Great Britain to leave the European Union.

WA , OR, and CA secede from the US. #Calexit we would be the worlds chillest country. — Tom Haverford (@_AverageAndrew) November 9, 2016

#CalExit

Why do we have to be held back by the ignorance and bigotry of other states?

Time to secede. We are the future. They are the past. — . (@JayyMacias12) November 9, 2016

Just saying if #calexit is for real I am completely on board. I am more proud to be Californian, than American — Señor Abe (@El_Wesoh) November 9, 2016

I no longer identify as being an American citizen from now just Californian make #Calexit happen along with the rest of the Westcoast — 妖怪 (@SaveTheYoukai) November 9, 2016

We'll just take our avocados and legal weed and go#CalExit #CalifrEXIT — 💩 (@LeasLame) November 9, 2016

#Calexit why not. One historic moment deserves another. Better than having Hitler be your president. — Khanh N. (@WrathofKhanh) November 9, 2016

California has the 6th largest economy in the world. We don't need all this. #Calexit #Caleavefornia — F YEAH CALIFORNIA (@fyeahCalifornia) November 9, 2016

But others used the hashtag to show their disdain toward California by criticizing liberals, immigrants and the state’s economic and drought issues:

#Calexit



do it, your state is bankrupt, has no resources, is swarmed with illegals, and always votes blue. Please leave now — Battle Kitty (@Crisprtek) November 9, 2016

Great! More jobs for American wall builders. We'll just extend the wall! #Calexit pic.twitter.com/Rf3dzUq7uc — Mandi (@MissMandi00) November 9, 2016

What the fuck is #Calexit going to do?



YOU ASSHOLES DON'T EVEN HAVE WATER.



-WATER-.



YOUR MAIN EXPORT IS SMUG DISAPPROVAL OF OTHERS. — (´・ω・ ｀) (´•ω•｀) (@_icze4r) November 9, 2016

#Calexit isn't a bad idea. Send all the illegals there and the rest of us never have another Democrat President. — Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 10, 2016

#Calexit OH NO! Don't leave! *pushing them towards the door* Is there any way we can make you stay!? *Pushes them into the Pacific* — Connor Kenney (@connorkenney22) November 9, 2016

*IF* USA allowed #CalExit, which it won't, Cali would have to pay its portion of existing federal debt. Got $2.37 trillion? #stupidity — A.J. (@SurfingAJ) November 9, 2016

#Calexit you have no water. You're like the 17 year old who gets their 2nd paycheck from Wendy's and thinks they're ready to live alone. — Matt (@YayImOnline) November 9, 2016

But #Calexit isn’t just California dreamin’.

A political committee that formed in 2015 called “Yes California Independence Campaign” has gained momentum in the wake of Trump’s win. The group aims to put a referendum on the 2018 state ballot to make California an independent country.

They said Donald Trump wouldn't happen. They said #Brexit wouldn't happen. What're you going to say if they tell you #Calexit won't happen? — Yes California (@YesCalifornia) November 9, 2016

On Nov. 9, the movement, once considered fringe, organized a rally outside the state capitol in Sacramento.

“In our view, the United States of America represents so many things that conflict with Californian values, and our continued statehood means California will continue subsidizing the other states to our own detriment, and to the detriment of our children,” the group says in a 33-page “CalExit Blue Book” on its site.

Protesters now marching up and down the sidewalk in front of the Capitol chanting "What do we want? Cal-exit! When do we want it? Now!" pic.twitter.com/ACN5RD3iHG — Sophia Bollag (@SophiaBollag) November 10, 2016

Anti-Trump protests also took place in Berkeley and Oakland. In Los Angeles hundreds of protesters, many of them Latino, gathered in front of City Hall and chanted “¡Si se puede!” (Spanish for “yes, it’s possible”) CNN reported.

Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, who was an early Uber investor and co-founder of Hyperloop, also tweeted a plan to help secession Tuesday night. Dave Morin, co-founder of the social network Path, vowed to partner with Pishevar on the plan.

1/ If Trump wins I am announcing and funding a legitimate campaign for California to become its own nation. — Shervin (@shervin) November 9, 2016

@shervin I was literally just going to tweet this. I'm in and will partner with you on it. — DAVE MORIN (@davemorin) November 9, 2016

“It’s the most patriotic thing I can do,” Pishevar told CNN Money. “The country is [at] a serious crossroads.”