” I for one would love to see checkpoints at the borders, turning back every car with Illinois plates. Let them stew in the mess they voted to create.”
You do realize, don’t you, that not every voter in Illinois voted for the Democrats who control the state?
Ditto for Upstate NY. Because we don’t have a county by county electoral college, we are outnumbered by the downstate city rat leftards.
Based upon the reports of new red-state residents registering as Republicans when they arrive, I believe the majority of those leaving blue states are conservatives who have finally had enough and are simply escaping. Many couples retired earlier than planned due to the pandemic and moved their escape plans up by a year or two. Some found work-from-home jobs that allows them to leave the high-tax, high-crime blue states and keep their job.
So these are not all liberal progressives who are making these moves.