Republicans in California are a minority, often measuring in the 30% range when votes are counted.
Even so, they’re still under-represented in Congress, as some 80% of the state’s delegation is Democrat.
That means they vote futilely, in elections, as the majority party always gets its way.
But there could be a solution, as Republicans are calling for a change, which would require the approval of Congress, to create a second state made up of California’s 35 inland counties.
“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 confirmed.
According to a Center Square report Gallagher and others are working on Assembly Joint Resolution 23, 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,” the Center Square documented.
Residents of those inland counties now “feel they’re victims of the policies of the Democrats” in the state, the report said.
“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. 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 explained.
He explained secession is appropriate because the Democrat legislature has done nothing to make the state more affordable.
The move is being launched just as Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is working with Democrat lawmakers to try to eliminate some of the small representation Republicans in the state now have.
He wants to “redistrict” his state so that Democrats are in the majority in even more districts.
The report said the Democrats’ Proposition 50 purportedly would give Democrats an advantage in another five districts, on top of the 30-some they already hold.
“Whether you are from the North State, Central Valley or the Inland Empire, life has become harder and completely unaffordable,” Gallagher said. “We have been overlooked for far too long, and now they are trying to rip away what little representation we have left.”
The plan is for the new state to have about 10 million residents of Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, Central Valley and Inland Empire. The coast still would belong to Democrats.
Gallagher noted that voters approved splitting the state in two, because of political representation disputes, back in 1859, but nothing happened in Congress because of the Civil War.
Newsom’s office responded with a personal attack on Gallagher, claiming he “does not deserve to hold office…”
