The Lone Star State could be on its way to becoming the Lone Star Nation. A vote on Texan independence is set to take place at the Texas Republican Party’s convention after being approved by the Platform Committee of the state party. The Texas Nationalist Movement, a group that advocates for the state’s separation from the US, has made major headway, with a secession debate scheduled for the Texas Republican Convention this week.
The movement claims that 22 out of the 270 county GOP conventions have passed independence resolutions, although Texas GOP chairman Tom Mechler told the Houston Chronicle that he “would be very surprised” if that number held up. The Houston Chronicle reached out to GOP officials of the counties that the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) had said passed independence resolutions, and only ten confirmed. Mechler has made an effort to distance the Nationalist Movement from the Texas GOP, saying, “Republican is not even in their name.” READ MORE
Come on Texas! Are things so bad that succession is the only answer? People need to step back from the ledge, both Repubs/Dems, Conservatives/Liberals. We need to learn how to communicate, understand, realize that every issue is not a battle. This growing division in the US needs to end, people need to work with others, stop being so entrenched ( that includes both sides of an issue). Or have people become so certain they are infallible, so immovable, and so dismissing.negating of other views that compromise is no longer an option. Let’s dial it back people.