The demand for Texans to be allowed to vote on the issue of whether the state should succeed from the Union 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."
The vote comes the same week that national media and Democrats in Washington sought to portray Republicans as insurrectionists and traitors to the country for allegedly masterminding a plot to overthrow the government on January 6th, 2021. The platform plank will add fuel to that fire and give some Democrats in Texas a potent issue on which to run in this year's election.
At least two candidates for Governor in the Republican primary earlier this year supported a secessionist movement called "Texit" which is dedicating to holding a referendum on secession.
(Full story HERE.)
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