California Republicans don’t need gimmicks; they need leaders willing to fight for every voter. Yet, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher has chosen a flashy, tone-deaf stunt in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Election Rigging Act: proposing to split California into two states between inland and coastal counties.
As Assembly Leader, he should be delivering solutions, not performing Newsom-style theater for the cameras. He frames his “Two-State Solution” as a fight for representation, invoking the biblical “Let my people go” line.
🚨 BIG NEWS: I’m introducing legislation to create a new state for California’s inland counties. For too long, our communities have been ignored — it’s time we had a voice of our own. pic.twitter.com/m2WznAFOfm
— James Gallagher (@J_GallagherAD3) August 27, 2025
Dramatic? Yes. Effective? Absolutely not.
California isn’t Egypt. Democrats aren’t Pharaoh. Splitting the state won’t fix families struggling to pay rent, rampant crime, or record homelessness. Leadership does.
Admittedly, policies enacted in Sacramento are often written without a fair voice from the inland counties, and Gallagher’s proposal recognizes this. However, splitting the state isn’t leadership; it’s a headline, a stunt, a political selfie.
It screams division, not responsibility, and it gives Democrats an easy way to mock Republicans as impractical and out of touch.
I know firsthand that representation isn’t built by dividing a state; it’s built by having a presence. While the Republican establishment refuses to show L.A. County love, I ran against Maxine Waters in deep-blue South Central L.A. anyway.
I showed up to community meetings, knocked on doors, and met voters where they were. During my campaign, registered Republicans in the district grew by 12%.
Republicans don’t win by abandoning Californians. We win by showing up.
While the establishment conceded defeat, I ran against Maxine Waters in South Central L.A.
I knocked doors, met voters, and faced the fight they avoided.
We either build a genuine ground game in every… https://t.co/ctCyERM4sT
— Steve Williams (@SteveAWilliamsX) August 27, 2025
That is real strategy. That is real Republican leadership. Gallagher’s proposal may get clicks and likes, but it does nothing to win elections, empower communities, or strengthen the party.
Even Gallagher’s own plan highlights its flaws. He openly admits the map could change based on community input, yet he explicitly excludes coastal counties he considers hopeless.
Creating a new state is impossible without Congress. The obstacles are so high that it’s pure symbolism. Meanwhile, voters’ real problems remain unaddressed. High gas prices, failing infrastructure, and public safety crises don’t care whether a county is in a “new state.”
Leadership means rolling up your sleeves and solving problems, not tweeting a map to gain more followers.
The choice for Republicans in California is simple: show up or fade away. We win by being present, at community events, at farmers markets, at city council and school board meetings, especially in the communities Democrats ignore.
Every neighborhood, every block, every voter counts. Neglecting them is political suicide.
It means prioritizing results over optics.
California doesn’t need a split. It doesn’t need stunts. It needs leaders who dig in, knock doors, and fight for every voter in every corner of the state. That’s what I’ve done. That’s what I continue to do. And that’s what California Republicans must do if we want to win.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t satisfied with his state’s already gerrymandered Congressional districts; he wants to eliminate all Republican representation and through his Election Rigging Act.
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