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Texas Republicans not quite ready to secede from the union
Sanguine:
--- Quote ---Dallas (CNN)Texas isn't going anywhere. At least, not yet.
At the Texas Republican Convention here, state delegates met and struck a resolution from being added to the party's platform that endorses the idea of a referendum for Texans to vote to secede from the United States.
Just the fact that it got this far is pretty surprising for the Lone Star State, and shows this once grassroots movement is becoming mainstream.
The Texas Nationalist Movement has been leading the effort for 10 years to get the referendum on a ballot, and the president of the group said he won't give up.
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"We want Texas to become an independent state. It's not that far-fetched of an idea," said Daniel Miller, the group's president. "This idea that people have the right of self-determination and places like Texas can assert their right of self-determination and become independent nation states is not that odd at all."
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"No matter what we do, all roads to this lead through the Texas legislature," Miller said.
Miller said he believes it's important for Texans to have a right to vote on the issue, adding that the issue itself has increased in popularity since its inception 10 years ago.
The independence referendum began as a grassroots movement, with the idea voted at county districts, eventually reaching the Texas convention....
...Miller told CNN that he plans to continue his fight for secession -- that this is just the beginning.
"We're very optimistic," he said. "We're pretty excited."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/13/politics/texas-secession-debate-gop-convention/
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mirraflake:
Never happen. Your state is going to be blue on a few more years as it is.
austingirl:
Link to the Texas Nationalist Movement
http://www.thetnm.org/
Sanguine:
--- Quote from: mirraflake on June 08, 2016, 12:59:00 am ---Never happen. Your state is going to be blue on a few more years as it is.
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We're going to do what we can to prevent that. And, what are you doing, except for spreading doom and gloom?
thackney:
--- Quote from: mirraflake on June 08, 2016, 12:59:00 am ---Never happen. Your state is going to be blue on a few more years as it is.
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LOL
Do you have any idea how many years it has been since a single Democrat has won any state wide election?
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