California Republicans would divide the state in two
Republicans are calling for 35 inland counties to secede from California and create a new state.
The GOP announced the plan Wednesday as its response to Democrats’ congressional redistricting efforts.
“I want to take a step back from all of the chaos we had and talk about the forgotten people of California,” Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher said, presenting a map during a news conference in Sacramento.
Gallagher and his co-authors are proposing Assembly Joint Resolution 23, also known as “The Two State Solution.” It would allow the creation of the state under Article, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution and would require approval by the state Assembly and Senate as well as Congress. Democrats hold supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, meaning Republicans would have to sway a number of Democrats to back it.
Gallagher said a new state would benefit inland residents who feel they’re victims of the policies of the Democrats controlling the state legislative and executive branches.
“I think this is about the trucker in the Inland Empire who is told he has to get rid of his truck because of the regulations in this state,” the minority leader said.
“I think of the single mom who’s trying to get by when the rent’s too high and gets her PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) bill, which once again is increased, and struggles to get into that first house because costs are way too high,” Gallagher said.
He said he was thinking of ranchers whose cattle are killed “because some genius thought it was a good idea to reintroduce the gray wolf in Northern California.”
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Democrat policies are ruining a once beautiful state, and they are also likely responsible for the state losing population as people and businesses migrate to Arizona and Texas.
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