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California splits in half, Republicans secede from state

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by Frank Holmes, reporter

California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to become the next president of the United States, but he’s made such a mess of his state that he might go down in history as the last governor of the state of California.

Newsom’s policies have rusted out the Golden State so badly that its newly-elected congressman just proposed that most Republican California areas should secede from Newsom’s leadership and form its own state.

Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., was sworn in this month after winning a special election to replace Congressman Doug LaMalfa, who died in January. But he hopes his successor will represent a different state altogether.

Gallagher is urging Californians to “seriously consider” whether they should break off from California, where liberals pushed through Proposition 50 to assure Republicans have virtually zero ability to elect a member of their party in state politics.

“Especially in the aftermath of Prop 50, I think that this conversation is very warranted,” since Democrats “are proposing to take away our voice,” said Gallagher.

“I think we have to seriously consider whether or not we want to continue as a part of a state like that, right?” he asked rhetorically. “And that maybe we want our own self-determination.”

He’s serious—and he has massive support from every level of society.

Republicans who—for now, at least—serve the California General Assembly introduced a bill expressing their approval for dozens of counties to begin the process of secession.

“The citizens of northern California and inland regions have long been frustrated at being subjected to laws and regulations that they and their representatives have overwhelmingly opposed, but were nonetheless passed and authorized by the more populous coastal regions of California,” says Assembly Joint Resolution 23.

In the spirit of “fostering governance that is more responsive and representative” than Gavin Newsom’s regime in Sacramento, they feel all they can do is “form a new state from within the current boundaries of the State of California.”

The current proposal differs from the long-running effort to establish northern California as the State of Jefferson. Instead, this proposal would split the state between east and west, dividing the cities immediately along the Pacific coast from the rest of the state.

“The Central Valley and the Inland Empire, for example, feel very overlooked and underrepresented by the state of California” under Gavin Newsom, who has an “obstinate” and “arrogant attitude” toward Republican non-coastal voters, said Gallagher.

The legislation also implies the Democrats have spent more time catering to illegal aliens than California citizens.

“The socio-economic diversity and population distribution have contributed to difficulties in achieving equitable political representation. This has resulted in vast regions of the state being underserved by a government heavily influenced by elected representatives from a small, geographically and economically distinct part of the state” says the resolution.

Every economic measure proves that, as citizens burn with outrage over the impossible cost of living, Newsom, the 2028 presidential hopeful, has pserved up fresh gasoline (which he’s tried to abolish in vehicles).

The cost of housing in California has exploded under Newsom and is now double the national average. The interest rates on mortgages have spiked so hard since 2022 that new mortgages now cost Californians an extra $180,000 over the life of the loan.

Buying the housing structure is just the beginning of the economic squeeze. Utilities cost 60 percent more in California than the rest of the country in 2024.

No wonder the number of people moving out of his state far outnumbers inbound migration. California has led America in the largest number of outbound moves every year since Gavin Newsom moved into the governor’s mansion, according to U-Haul’s annual survey.

Food, gasoline, entertainment—everything costs more in the deep-blue golden coast.

But the government isn’t starving. The state budget has increased 63 percent in five years, according to the California-based Hoover Institution.

Add to these troubles the fact that Newsom has been targeted by one of many federal investigations, mostly probing state welfare fraud, and his 2028 prospects look dim.

On top of that, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced on June 17 that the Department of Justice is investigating Newsom’s special government program to steer state grants to certified gay-owned businesses. (“I challenge you to prove your sexual orientation,” joked Derek Hunter of Townhall.com. “Not sure how to do that? Good, because I don’t really want to know what you might come up with.”)

Newsom’s predicament is so dire that Democrats already concerned… about how it will affect their ability to win the 2028 election.

But things are worse for Democrats than they know. Nearly every state run by a potential Democrats 2028 presidential hopeful has a booming secession movement.

Newsom and Kamala Harris both hail from California, and both will be humiliated by a “Calexit.”

If they flop, 2028 Democratic presidential candidate-in-waiting J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, faces the same problem. The Horn told you that 33 Illinois counties have voted to join Indiana. Others way to become the 51st state. The Illinois Separation Referendum has a 100 percent success record and will be on six more this November.

So much for the Democrat from the Land of Lincoln.

Then there’s former CIA officer and current Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, whose ties to the Deep State make her a contender for president or vice president. But Republicans have been fed up with Virginia Democrats even before she took office.

Last year West Virginia State Senator Chris Rose, R-Monongalia, invited 36 counties in neighboring Maryland and Virginia to join the Mountaineer State. These counties “share our values of freedom, Second Amendment rights, and rural prosperity,” but for too long “have been ruled by distant politicians in Richmond and Annapolis who don’t share our values.”

“Let those country roads take you home,” said Rose.

The Deep State could get deep-sixed.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has been whispered as a dark horse candidate who would make history as the first Hispanic woman to run for president. But many in the only part of her state that’s economically thriving, the oil-rich southeastern region known as “Little Texas,” want to join the Lone Star State.

They call the movement “NewMexit.”

Texas Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, issued an invitation for the counties to switch their allegiance to his conservative state…but the Democratic Party refuses to weaken its grip.

“Over my dead body,” said New Mexico Speaker of the House Javier Martinez.

State after state—New York, Minnesota, Oregon, and so many more—have the same problem and the same resistance.

Even 159 years after the Civil War, the Democratic Party remains the party of slavery. They plunge Republican taxpayers into the involuntary servitude of working round-the-clock to pay for their socialist programs.

Secession could give conservatives in blue states real self-determination…and force the liberals they leave behind to learn self-reliance, starting by paying their own bills.

Critics say the process for dividing a state is long and laborious and would require national legislation to complete. But Republicans trapped in Gavin Newsom’s California may see secession as their only hope to escape taxation without representation.

“I don’t think this is something that would happen overnight, but I do think it is something that should be a serious discussion,” said Gallagher.

And no matter how far-fetched the idea may seem, it has happened before and likely will happen again.

“This is what’s interesting about secession,” University of Illinois Springfield Kenneth Owen told NPR earlier this month. “They all sound crazy right up until the time that they happened.”

If Gavin Newsom’s own citizens don’t want him to lead their government, should he ever be allowed to run ours?

About the Author

Frank Holmes is a veteran journalist and an outspoken conservative that talks about the news that was in his weekly article, “On The Holmes Front.”