Mike Robertson Mike4MAGA@proton.me
Days after the American nation secured a landslide victory of Donald J. Trump as the 47th U.S. President, some Democrat-led states voiced their plans to oppose any order of the new Oval Office. The governors of California, Colorado, and Illinois expressed their commitment to progressive ideas implemented by the Biden-Harris administration.
The Golden State considered mere disobedience not enough. In January 2025, California state secretary Shirley Weber allowed the Calexit initiative to be put on the November 2028 ballot. For some reason, left-wing activists backing the secession movement falsely believe that withdrawing from the Union would create a prosperous independent nation, free from what they might call “conservative dictatorship” of the Republican-led U.S.
A quick overview of California in early 2025 reveals challenges facing the state. Residents grapple with economic issues, illegal migration, a surge in crime rates, high cost of living and affordable housing crisis. The political climate is also tense, as the shift of power has become a rare occasion.
The Golden State has been a Democratic stronghold for years. Surprisingly, but the party fighting for diversity and representation have had a majority in the California State Assembly continuously since 1996 and occupied the governor’s office since 2011. In total, Democrats have been dominating the Golden State for almost 14 years at the gubernatorial level and 29 years at the legislature.
Just like the Biden-Harris administration failed to deliver on the federal level, the 14 years of the Democratic governors failed on Californians. Here, many things are interconnected and dependent on each other. First of all, the population of the state grew by approximately 2.1 million reaching 39.4 million in total by 2024. Given the plummeting birth rates from 64.7 births per 1,000 women in 2010 to 52.8 births in 2024, migration, both legal and illegal, could be the only source of such a rapid population growth. This assertion is backed by data on crimes. The violent crime rate hit highs of 503 per 100,000 residents in 2023 from the lows of 391 in 2014.
Many controversial bills such as Proposition 47, which decriminalized under $950 thefts, led to a surge in shop-lifting as it was reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors. Together with that, strict gun control measures have made it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. An overwhelming decline became obvious when the businesses began relocating from the Golden State to Texas with more affordable living and much better laws. Add this to the devastating January 2025 wildfires that inflicted heavy damage to Californians’ property because the Democrat government underfunded firefighters and ordered them to make completely unnecessary donation of crucial equipment to Ukraine.
To sum up, the current situation is far from great. The state’s economy is in trouble, families don’t want to have children, the population grows for the reason everybody knows but those in California government keep silent about – migrants, illegal in most cases. What kind of a prosperous nation would the left-wing progressive activists expect in case of California secession?
At the first glance one might think that the internet is full of Californians’ public discontent with Trump’s new policies that clearly undermine the controversial heritage of Biden-Harris administration. Fortunately, the reality proves to be a way different thing where the conservative voices are silenced because the Democrats feel their impunity in the Golden State.
The current Calexit is nothing new. Progressive activists have long been dreaming of secession. But there is also the other side. Ordinary people, proud Americans, who reside in towns and rural area, have also expressed their dissatisfaction with what the Democrats made with their once beloved state. One of those, who is fed up with WOKE policies, Mexican cartels and poor economy, is former California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. Back in 2018 he along with a group of conservative activists launched a political movement to create a new state, the Great State of New California.
The initiative is based on the West Virginia separation precedent. It implies the division of the existing California into two parts, New California, and the remaining California. Advocates say the move would result in a better public safety, representation for both city and rural residents, and ease the burden of Democrat-imposed DEI policies. These people emphasize the importance of remaining within the U.S., because they love America and don’t want to part ways with it.
The conservative movement has done a great job for the last 7 years. They established a bicameral legislative body, passed laws and even elected the governor. But their voices were silenced and nobody allowed them to be put on ballot, unlike Calexit. Now, with the Republicans in charge and weakened Democrats, the people of California who feel pressed and underrepresented because of the Democratic party dominance, have a chance for a change.
On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Robert Paul Preston, the Governor pro tempore of the Great State of New California, addressed the President of the United States to assist Californians with many issues. There are hopes and strong expectations that the Oval Office will proceed these letters.
Even though the majority of Americans voted Red November 2024, which ultimately means against the Democratic Party for many reasons, some Blue states remain in strong opposition to Donald J. Trump. California government is in rush to maintain status quo, and encourages secession initiatives like Calexit. To the contrast, the Republicans do their best to keep the Union, to hear voices of Americans and address real issues. This is the best way the Trump administration can counter the Democratic unrest.