Texas Republican Party Chair Endorses Secession Referendum (Representatives, interstate, voting)

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by Zenstyle

Oh, please do. And take with you:
Arkansas (home of the Duggar klan)
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Utah
Oklahoma
Missouri
Both Carolinas

The remaining area will be known as The United States of Intelligence.

Oklahoma may not be all that bad. Oklahoma Republican legislators this week once again decided not to try to ban ALL abortion. But passed some other anti-abortion bills. It will be interesting to see what Texas does with abortion. One of the advantages of Texas seceding is it can ban all abortion, if Republicans want to.

[katharsis]

Originally Posted by Zenstyle

Oh, please do. And take with you:
Arkansas (home of the Duggar klan)
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Utah
Oklahoma
Missouri
Both Carolinas

The remaining area will be known as The United States of Intelligence.

Yes, and California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Washington, Oregon, etc. could form their own country, too, and be known as something else. (I could give a few suggestions, but I don't want to be banned. )

[DKM]

Originally Posted by katharsis

Yes, and California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Washington, Oregon, etc. could form their own country, too, and be known as something else. (I could give a few suggestions, but I don't want to be banned. )

Do we get New York? If so, you have a deal.

[Natural510]

Hmmm that would be interesting. If Mexico suddenly decides they want to take Texas back, and the US doesn't stop them, they'll have a real fight on their hands. I don't think the many generations of Chicanos descended from Mexico would be motivated to take up arms against their cultural kinfolk to preserve a conservative, mostly racist Texan government.

[Bitey]

Originally Posted by Natural510

Hmmm that would be interesting. If Mexico suddenly decides they want to take Texas back, and the US doesn't stop them, they'll have a real fight on their hands. I don't think the many generations of Chicanos descended from Mexico would be motivated to take up arms against their cultural kinfolk to preserve a conservative, mostly racist Texan government.

The whole premise of this thread is silly and your further speculation is even sillier, but a) Texas Latinos are generally NOT your stereotypical "La Raza" reunification fetishists or anything close to it; and b) the folks who left Mexico did so for a reason and I doubt they or their offspring would be terribly anxious to be re-integrated into the country they just left or never belonged to in the first place.

[legalsea]

Our Texas Legislature meets every two year.

Every two years some 4,000 bills are submitted for consideration. Obviously, most never make it to committee.

Every two years, someone introduces a bill concerning succession from the Union. Or, someone otherwise calls for it. In 2009 Governor Rick Perry mentioned it as a possibility at a rally.

It is nonsense, and should be treated as such.

[Ohiogirl81]

Oh, dammit. Now we'll have to build a new border wall.

[move4ward]

Originally Posted by Elliott_CA

The Biden administration does not have the authority to allow any state to leave the union. It would require a constitutional amendment. Texas would have to get a 2/3rds vote in both houses and 2/3rds of the states to ratify it.

If 50 republican senators for it, who are the senators going to vote against it? It opens up more room for the US house of representatives.

It would be interesting for the border patrol agents. They would be relocated to Oklahoma, Arkansas, and with new check points. Texas would lose their military bases, NASA, and other large govt programs.

[beach43ofus]

The State of California will split into 2 States, before Texas seceeds.

[VA Yankee]

Well if their going to succeed lets start the process of returning them to Mexico....