In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, we’re witnessing what divorce lawyers would call the first signs of separation. The progressive left is packing its digital bags and moving from X (formerly Twitter) to BlueSky, creating their own echo chamber away from those with whom they disagree.

Anyone who has witnessed a divorce knows the pattern. First, couples stop communicating. Then they start sleeping in separate bedrooms. Eventually, someone starts packing their bags. Finally, after living separate lives under the same roof becomes unbearable, someone gets up the courage to file the divorce papers. America is following this pattern in real-time, starting in the digital world.

The rich irony here cannot be ignored. The same voices that condemned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s call for a “national divorce” between red and blue states, the same people who have mercilessly mocked and ridiculed TEXIT supporters, are now the first ones to initiate their own separation – even if only in the digital realm. Their actions lay bare a fundamental truth that they dare not speak: people with fundamentally different values and visions for the future cannot coexist under the same system of governance.

The concept of a “national divorce” between red states and blue states is nothing more than a slogan. It ignores the basic reality that the United States is a union of 50 individual states, each with its own unique identity, culture, and relationship with the Federal system. The decision to remain in or leave the union belongs to each state individually, not to arbitrary political groupings based on election maps.

This digital migration reveals a deeper truth about the current state of the American union. When people can no longer bear to share the same digital space with those who hold different political views, how can we expect them to share the same political union? The answer is, we can’t.

Look at how the Federal Government has handled the border crisis. While Texans demand action to secure our border and implement sensible immigration policies, bureaucrats in Washington continue to play political games. The same Federal Government that claims supreme authority over immigration policy has utterly failed to protect Texas citizens from the consequences of their own failed policies. Yet when Texas takes steps to protect its citizens, the Federal machine springs into action – not to secure the border, but to obstruct Texas’s efforts to do so.

The Federal Government has grown so large and intrusive that it has created an environment where coexistence between differing political viewpoints has become impossible. Rather than allowing states to govern themselves according to the will of their people, the Federal system demands conformity to whoever happens to hold power in Washington at the moment.

In Texas, we understand that self-government is not about running away from those with whom we disagree. It’s about acknowledging the reality that fundamental differences in values and vision require fundamental differences in governance. While others retreat to their digital echo chambers, Texans are working toward real solutions through the legal and democratic process of self-determination.

For Texas, the path forward is becoming increasingly clear. While others are content with digital separation, we’re charting a path forward through TEXIT – not because we’re running away, but because we’re running toward something better. We’re working to create a future where Texans govern Texas, where our values are reflected in our laws, and where our destiny is in our own hands.

It’s time to acknowledge what’s already happening and take this divorce offline. The digital segregation we’re witnessing is just the first step in a process that’s already underway. The progressive left’s digital exodus proves what TEXIT supporters have known all along – that irreconcilable differences in values and vision require separation. Instead of pretending we can still make this marriage work, it’s time to do what’s best for everyone involved and make this separation official through the legal, democratic process of self-determination.

The choice is simple: we can continue living separate lives under the same dysfunctional roof, or we can acknowledge reality and start filing the papers. Texas is ready to move forward. The question is: who else is ready to stop pretending?