Republicans split on dividing California
By Molly K. Hooper and Jasmine Sachar, The Hill
Republican lawmakers in Congress are lukewarm on a conservative-backed proposal to split California into six states.
Republicans from the Golden State say they are watching conservative venture capitalist Tim Draper’s effort with “great interest.” But few are endorsing it.
In a recent survey of the California congressional delegation, The Hill found that Democrats oppose the proposition, while Republicans are generally divided. While California GOP lawmakers agree that the most populous state in the U.S. is “ungovernable” as is, they would prefer to consider a more conservative division of the state.