Fed up with disastrous Democratic policies that big-city leftists take for granted and don't have the numbers to change, conservative counties across the country are joining red states or forming their own. I'm trying.
In Oregon, more than a dozen rural red counties have voted to move the state border west to join their conservative brethren in Idaho. In the red state, Greater Idaho Citizens United President Mike McCarter said the Legislature is “dominated by local legislators.” Governing according to local county concerns and priorities. ”
“There are ways to improve governance in central and eastern Oregon,” Carter said. “The current location of the Oregon-Idaho border was determined 165 years ago and is consistent with the location of the border between counties that prefer the Idaho style of governance and counties that prefer the Oregon style of governance. It is now outdated because it has not been
On the other side of the country, 33 counties in Illinois have expressed support for the creation of a new state, New Illinois, in a manner similar to how West Virginia separated from Virginia in 1863.
According to New Illinois, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization,
The goal of the New Illinois is that a new state will be established that truly represents rural, small town, and suburban residents, without giving disproportionate representation to groups such as certain cronies or public sector unions. The goal is to create a state free from the stranglehold of corruption in the Illinois state government. , and urban areas, particularly Chicago and Cook County.
Phil Gioja of Watseka, Illinois;
recently said The Wall Street Journal reported that he was among them. 72.85% Percentage of Iroquois County voters who answered yes to question“The Iroquois County Board of Governors has contacted the boards of other Illinois counties other than Cook County regarding the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and, subject to approval, seeking admission to the Union. Should I take “people?” ”
“It must be pursued for the betterment of humanity.”
“There's a lot of people in Chicago, and I think they're making a lot of decisions that affect people down in the state,” Gioja said. Chicago is home to more than 40% of Illinois' population. “It just sends the message, 'Some people want to be part of the conversation, but often they don't.'”
Illinois secession referendum won
7 counties That means about a third of the state now supports abolishing Chicago.
In 2013, voters in 11 Colorado counties
asked Whether they wanted to secede and form their own state, “Northern Colorado.” Majorities in Phillips, Kit Carson, Yuma, Cheyenne, and Washington counties voted in favor of secession. Exasperated residents of Weld County, Colorado, tried a different angle in 2021. push Becomes part of Wyoming. Colorado hasn't lost any momentum yet.
Six Maryland Republican state legislators representing Trump-supporting Garrett, Alleghany and Washington counties reportedly asked West Virginia to consider annexation in 2021. Cynthia Nicoletti, legal historian at the University of Virginia School of Law
said The New York Times said, “It is unlikely that the Maryland General Assembly would vote to allow them to secede, thereby agreeing to divide the state.”
There have been hundreds of similar attempts to break up California, many hoping to liberate rural counties from the control of populous Democratic enclaves along the coast.
The dozens of Northern California counties that voted for Trump in the past three elections are among those that have long considered forming a “party.”jefferson state” Former Republican State Representative
bill mays instead asked for The East-West divorce separated 13 coastal counties from the remaining 45 counties.
Paul Preston, founder of New California,
declaration Earlier this year, it became clear that he and others were still keen on creating a new state. Not to be confused with Jeff Blum's “Imperial” states. The state was to consist only of San Bernardino County.
“They have already seceded from the Union.”
San Bernardino County has shown resistance to Sacramento in other ways in recent years.
lawsuit The move is to stop Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's strict lockdown policies during the pandemic. There are also efforts to strengthen parental rights and push back against Democratic-backed LGBT propaganda in classrooms.
Blum, a real estate developer in Rancho Cucamonga, recently
said CalMatters, “If we can see a path to get there, we should pursue it for the betterment of humanity.”
Article 4, Article 3 states of the united states constitution
New states may be admitted to this union by Congress. However, no new state may be formed or established within the jurisdiction of another state. nor shall a state be formed by the combination of two or more states or parts of states without the consent of the legislatures and legislatures of the states concerned.
Preston seems to believe that West Virginia has paved the way for California to bypass the state's requirement to recognize the new state. West Virginia's secession was approved without the consent of the Virginia General Assembly, as the rebel state had voted to secede in 1861.
Preston told the Journal that he plans to petition Congress for statehood, arguing that California's Democratic administration is “a one-party communist state and technically has already left the Union.” spoke.
“It seems far-fetched, but we live in uncertain times, so if we have the right people in Congress, I think that Not,” he said. I think we have the right people in Congress, and you can do it. ”
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