Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Conservatives Love Californians Who Leave for Texas

What if they can't leave their liberal bastion behind?

June 6, 2017 at 8:12 PM UTC

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

Surfer Dog Joey won't be moving.
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Paul Chabot, a former Republican congressional candidate in California, has started a company called Conservative Move to help conservatives oppressed by the Golden State's liberalism to pick up and move to the promised land of Texas.

Chabot, the Sacramento Bee reported, proposes a not terribly rigorous five-step process: