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Source: Newsweek
Texas Republicans are pushing for a referendum to decide whether the state should secede from the U.S.
The demand for Texans to be allowed to vote on the issue in 2023 was one of many measures adopted in the Texas GOP's party platform following last week's state convention in Houston.
Under a section titled "State Sovereignty," the platform states: "Pursuant to Article 1, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution, the federal government has impaired our right of local self-government. Therefore, federally mandated legislation that infringes upon the 10th Amendment rights of Texas should be ignored, opposed, refused, and nullified.
"Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto."
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-secede-us-2023-gop-pushes-referendum-1717254?amp=1
I know they keep promising to shoot themselves in their big boots - State is getting to be more of a pain-in-the-ass than it's worth. Hell, let the other 49 vote if they want to keep it would be my answer.