If the Illinois Republicans are this powerful, why don’t they simply disband the City of Chicago? They could split the territory among neighboring localities while keeping the State intact.
Even better. I fail to trust anyone associated with the GOP not to really screw something like this up. And end up with 4 evil senators vs 2. The folks who can afford it will just leave the city and continue voting D. Because they don’t believe that’s the problem.
There is no such animal as an Illinois Republican. At one time there were many Illinois Republicans, but they were extinct by the 1990’s. A new species of spineless cowards now pretend to be Illinois Republicans.