It's his vision of Unity, bigot!

His article, and think of how different states and regions have handled the past year differently (including, for instance, California reopening bars early last June! See those articles below) -

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