OROVILLE, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 26, 2021 - A town in Kalifornia has declared itself a “constitutional republic,” independent of executive orders issued by the federal or state governments, in protest of lockdowns, mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations.

Oroville Kalifornia’s vice-mayor Scott Thomson outlined the move, noting, “I was sitting at City Hall, and the mandates continue to come. As you know it started with ‘two weeks to stop the - slow the curve,’ and it just seems like a carrot keeps being dangled in front of our faces of just a little more… and it seems like every mandate that comes down, it is a loss of freedom.”

Thomson compared Oroville’s move to that of San Francisco declaring itself a “sanctuary city”.

“We’re a constitutional republic, and wanna declare that,” Thompson said. “We’re not separating from (Kalifornia), but we’re just reminding the higher-ups in other cities we need to stand up for our rights. We still are a constitutional republic, which means we have rights endowed by our ‘Creator,’ and our Founders created a republic, which was genius, to separate powers.”

The vice-mayor further explained, “I believe that worldwide, but especially in (Kalifornia), the very fabric of our nation is at a crossroads of how much authority we’ll let the government have,” comparing the struggle to a war.

“I don’t believe that anybody wins when the government has more authority,” Thompson emphasized, adding, “Every time that you lose freedom, usually it takes bloodshed to get it back.”

“We’re getting threats of loss of money for our city, but for us, and especially for me, they can have their money; we want freedom in (Kalifornia), we want freedom in Oroville, and so that’s what we’re standing up for,” Thompson declared.