His article:

In short, the whole thing---Washington---has become one big, bureaucratic, crooked mess. The government is too big, bloated, corrupt, and inefficient, and the people running it have lost all sense of purpose. Perhaps then a breakup into a regional confederation, whose leaders would better understand their localized needs and issues, wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/craig-shirley/coming-american-breakup-and-why-it-may-be-right-thing