New YouGov and
Bright Line watch poll finds that
there are huge portions of this
country that are looking to secede.
It goes to show you just how
divided the country really is.
But let's give you those details
because it's
not just right-wingers,
some of these West Coast Democrats
also would like to secede, and
I want to give you the details.
So if you take a look at this
graphic, it shows you the various
areas in question here, so
you've got the Pacific with
California, Washington, Oregon,
Hawaii and Alaska.
You've got the South with
the southern states, the heartland,
you guys get that point.
Now here's what the study found.
A 66% majority of Republicans in 13
of these Southern states, including
Texas and Florida, are in favor of
seceding from the union, 66%.
Obviously, that's more than half.
[LAUGH] So half of all independents
in the South also agreed with them,
with only 20% of Southern Democrats
on board.
>> Well, by the way,
20% is not that small a number,
I mean,
that's a fifth of Democrats going,
yeah, we should secede.
And so here we are again.
[LAUGH] I mean,
that's the Confederacy, those are
the folks who did secede earlier,
and now apparently a majority of
them overall want to secede again.
And obviously led by conservators
like they were last time.
Conservators who were the ones who
said, no, we want to be able to
keep slaves, and
we think that's a property right.
And this North is impeding upon our
freedoms, and our state's rights
to own human beings,
and whip them and kill them, and
take away their babies and
sell them to other people.
We won't be able to do all that
stuff, and so that was back in
the day, and now here we are again
with the Confederacy going,
I'm here for it, let's separate.
Now look, we'll talk about whether
that's a, A disastrous side, yeah,
which of course it is, except
Fox News now is being to say maybe,
right?
But let's be fair.
There's a lot of Democrats in
the Pacific states who are seceding
from the rest of this country.
I mean,
look at that Pacific region, right?
You got the West Coast, California,
Washington, Oregon, and
then you add Hawaii and Alaska,
which are lovely, we're going to
outvote Alaska big time, right?
[LAUGH] The rest of
them are massively democratic,
and that would be an incredibly
wealthy, incredibly beautiful
country, right?
So am I in favor of it?
And incredibly progressive, well,
first of all, in politics,
you don't fix anything if you don't
get the money out of politics.
That new country,
if it had the same corruption as
the current America, well, it would
devolve anyway, it doesn't matter
if Democrats are in charge, right?
They're also corrupt.
I mean, you seeing it happen in
California, but do I want it even
in the ideal scenario?
Of course not, I love America!
We got to stay together,
because what are we going to do?
We're just going to tear each
other, and then new California is
going to succeed, and
then San Francisco is
going to succeed, this is insanity.
So that's my take, Angel.
>> So as a native Californian,
I've always thought of how cool it
would be to secede the union, but
then again I was just being cute
because the reality is that
the rest of the nation needs us.
We kind of started this together,
we should probably finish
it together.
And if we don't, then I could see
a lot of oppression going on in
the South and in a lot of states
once again, as we're seeing people
or we're seeing states pass laws.
And that really look to restrict
voting, curb your right to your
body, all sorts of things that are
very oppressive and would arguably
be a newer form of slavery.
And if we are going to be
that voice that keeps them from
going down that path,
then we've got to be able to do it.
It's just a matter of,
it is difficult sitting here in
California and being associated
with a whole different mentality of
a lot of different states that
you think, you know what,
I prefer not to be a part of it.
But again,
we started it together and
we should end it together.
>> Yeah,
my take on this poll is that it's
dumb, it's a dumb poll.
[LAUGH] >> And the reason why I say
that is because look, I get it.
I mean, the country is
unfortunately incredibly divided,
and when a pollster hits you up,
and is like yo,
would you like to secede?
I can see a lot of Americans saying
yes from a very emotional place,
but let's stop and
think about what secession means.
Okay, so does this new coalition of
Southern states which becomes its
own country, practice full-blown
federalism without any type of
central government?
What happens to all of those people
living in those states who rely on
whatever we have left of a social
safety net?
Which is overwhelmingly funded by
people living in California,
New York, and all of that.
The high income earners that live
in the Coast that they love to hate
on, and I get it, some of
those elites are worth hating on.
But their taxes end up funding
the social safety net that
many of their constituents rely on.
So I think if people just stop and
actually think about it, they might
have a different opinion on whether
or not secession makes sense.
But if you're just coming from
a super-emotional place and
you're basing your answer or
your decision on how divided
the country is or how much
you hate the other side, then yeah,
the percentage is going to be high.
66% is going to happen.
>> Yeah, my favorite part of
the story now became when Ana says,
the pollster calls you and says,
yo, you want to secede?
I don't know a lot of pollsters
that are talking that way?
>> Hey, what do you think
about seceding?
>> [LAUGH] What are you saying?
>> You want to do your own country?
>> All right,
you want to get out of here?
What do you want?
Come on, let's go, right?
[LAUGH] >> So I'm not quite sure
that's how they phrase it, but
look, of course, Ana's right that
if the South secedes,
they are in a world of hurt.
I mean they are among the poorest
states in the country, but
of course they don't know that.
The Republicans in Mississippi and
Alabama think,
we got this stuff on lockdown, man,
we got it figured out.
No, you guys are the very bottom of
every single ranking.
But in their minds, they're like,
[LAUGH] we figured this out,
San Francisco.
[LAUGH] Like they make any money
there, next thing you're going to
tell me is that they're making
money in New York!
No, of course,
we're the Republicans,
we know what we're doing,
we're at the top.
And we know you're at the very,
very bottom, right?
So, there's a little bit of shot in
Florida in like, go ahead and
secede, see how it turns out for
you, right?
But at the end of the day-
>> It's just not realistic.
>> Like the best point was
Adrienne's, which is, what,
are we going to leave people behind
in the South?
We're going to leave black people
behind in the South?
We're going to leave poor people
behind in the South?
Hell, no, there's no way we're
going to do that.
We're going to keep them inside
America, and
we're going to try to protect them,
we're going to fight for them.
Now, Fox is a completely
different opinion, so
let's show you this clip of them
reacting to the same poll.
>> Pro-splitting the country as
a trial separation, why not try it
for two years, red and blue?
Let the Democrats do their Democrat
thing, and
the Republicans do the Republican
thing, and see what happens.
[LAUGH] >> I'm probably going to
get myself in trouble for this, but
would it be the worst thing?
I mean, I don't know, I'm sick and
tired of people who hate
this country.
I'm sick and tired of saying
the following flag is some sort of
this sign of evilness or
oppression, who despise the country
that we live in.
I'm tired of a government now,
people like Biden want to weaponize
the government against people who
supported Trump.
So I mean, I don't know,
would it be the worst thing?
>> This is all about,
we have to get over the sunk
cost of our history.
Say okay, it was a good run.
If you're in a loveless marriage
for 200 years- [LAUGH]
>> You gotta get out of it.
>> I have a bigger problem with
the states that act like
they already have seceded.
>> Nicely put.
>> They don't care about flyover
country, don't care about rural
America, don't care, and
I'm speaking sometimes to myself
because I live in Newport Beach,
California, and in Manhattan.
>> What was that last point?
[LAUGH]
>> Are you kidding me right now?
I mean, Republican, red states
are constantly screaming,
state's rights at the top of their
lungs anytime there's any effort in
central government,
federal government.
COVID is a perfect example of that.
Anyway, whatever.
>> And of course, the blue states
finance the red states, so
what do you mean we left
a flyover country behind?
No, we didn't,
we constantly finance you guys.
I guess Gutfeld was joking,
I never can tell if he's joking
because he's not funny, about,
let's separate for two, three
years and find out if it works.
It's not really how it works.
Let's give him the benefit of doubt
and say he was joking, but
the other host,
Lisa Boothe, was not joking, and
she was saying that she's sick
of people criticizing this country.
So that's why they should secede
from America.
You get that we would be America,
and you would be betraying us and
seceding from the United States of
America.
No, they don't get it.
They're amazing, they're like,
[LAUGH] yeah, man, I'm tired of
people beating up America.
So let's rip it apart and leave it,
and maybe fight a war against it.
America, what?
[LAUGH] Okay,
and I promise you the numbers, and
I'll just give it to you.
So yes, 47% of Democrats in the
Pacific region also said secession,
maybe not such a bad idea, right?
And that's also wrong, but
the biggest numbers were in
the South of Republicans saying
let's get out of here, and they've
tried it before, and guess what?
It didn't work.