Truth is, you red states just haven’t been pulling your weight. Not for, well, forever. Red states are nearly twice as dependent on the federal government as blue states. https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america

Of the twelve states that received the least federal aid in return for each tax dollar they contribute to the U.S. Treasury, ten of them voted for Hillary Clinton—and the other two were Michigan and Wisconsin, your newest recruits. https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america

I believe in America. But today I've just about had enough.

https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america

So: What are we in Blue America going to do about it? What would it mean to remove ourselves as far as possible from the federal government?

https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america

For those of you not clicking through, this article is from 2017. It seems more relevant than ever today.

https://newrepublic.com/article/140948/bluexit-blue-states-exit-trump-red-america

Your Trump State secession from reality is likely to hurt us most in foreign policy, where reality has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass. Your policies will not only fail to contain global climate change but will accelerate it irrevocably, which will be catastrophic.

I realize that this all sounds terribly pessimistic. It will leave behind millions of our fellow Americans most in need of the kind of assistance that only the federal government can provide—Americans whose only crime was to have the misfortune of residing in a Trump State.