Multiple Counties in Illinois Now Trying to Break Off From the State to Get Away From the City of Chicago (VIDEO)

Multiple counties in the state of Illinois are now looking to break away from the state because they are tired of being ruled over by the corrupt Democrat city of Chicago. Who can blame them?

This is the exact same thing that has been brewing in the state of Oregon for a few years now. Voters there are tired of the insane, left wing politics of Portland ruling the state.

In this case, a group called Illinois Separation is driving the idea.

FOX News reports:

Frustrated Illinois residents seek to redraw state map in bid to break free from Chicago

Frustrated Illinois residents are pushing to break away from Chicago and form a new state, driven by what the movement’s leader calls growing resentment over the city’s influence on the rest of Illinois.

Loret Newlin, director of Illinois Separation, which is leading the push to let voters weigh in on breaking away from Cook County and forming a new state, told Fox News Digital that residents outside the Chicago area are being ignored by state government and want to change that.

“Our area is not taken into consideration when laws are being made,” Newlin said. “There’s definitely more focus on them, and the laws are centered to benefit Chicago and Cook [County].”

“There is a lot of area outside of Cook that should have been taken into consideration,” she said.

Newlin said that 11 counties and several townships in Illinois will vote on a non-binding referendum in November that asks residents if they’d be interested in separating from Cook County to form a new state.

The referendums are intended to gauge whether voters want to pursue forming a separate state made up of Illinois counties outside Cook County. The effort draws on a process outlined in Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the same provision invoked when West Virginia became a state in 1863.

See the video report below:

Growing Illinois Separation Movement Seeks Creation of New State Without Chicago

A grassroots political initiative aiming to split Illinois into two separate states is continuing to build momentum as more local jurisdictions prepare to vote on the measure. Organized by the group… pic.twitter.com/n3UdsbNJ36

— Matt Robinson (@mattrobinson) October 27, 2026

How long before similar movements hit New York, California, or Washington State?

Average Americans are tired of blue cities and their far left politics.

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