The reason California and Texas, as well as a few other states are aligned fighting the President is because they are the states with the best economies.
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With last December's release of GDP numbers by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the top five states – which contribute 41% of the total U.S. GDP in 2022 – were California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois, in that order.
When the president appointed himself to a third presidency the wealthiest states rebelled against his totalitarianism.