They would have 40 electoral college votes in 2024.

If they secede, that would also mean losing 2 Senators and 38 Representatives, changing the balance of power in the House and Senate.

Don't threaten me with a good time!

Edit I also want to see Ted Cruz's face when he learns he's not a Senator anymore because Texas seceded.

So nowhere in the article is it mentioned that the supposed "Texas right to secede" is actually bullshit, and a complete misunderstanding of the actual right that they have, which is to be broken up into five separate states.

Except even that is bullshit, because it was talking about the Texas Territory, which was larger than modern day Texas.

The constitution clearly says that;

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

So yes, Texas could request to be broken up, but congress still needs to okay it.

Now, as to the "right to secede", that bullshit was settled with the Civil War, States do not have the right to secede, not even Texas.

Republicans like to pretend the Civil War never happened, and want a repeat, I guess.

lol. Please 🙏

GOP would not win the presidency for 20 years at least

OMFG I hope they do. They could no longer bus immigrants to other states and would have no other choice but to police their border with Mexico entirely on their own without any federal support. Fucking dumbasses.

One of the top questions asked by Texas residents during their last succession vote was if social security checks were still going to be delivered. I hope they do vote to leave, I want to see the realization sink in and the chaos that ensues.

A Texas independence would not only violate the Constitution, it would sink the GOP in the remaining states due to the loss of Texas' electoral votes, thus ensuring a Republican president would never be elected again. This is the biggest reason Texas will never secede, regardless of the state's conservative nativism.

They do this every couple years. It goes nowhere, never will. It's just for show so shitheads can get support from other shitheads

Please, for Christ's sake, just leave. Have the plebiscite. Take it to Congress. Let them release you on the condition that all Americans in Texas be allowed to emigrate, fully compensated, and all wannabe Texans are allowed to immigrate, fully compensated, for the next 6 months.

Oh, and we keep the military equipment. I'm sure their 'well-regulated militia' will be enough for them.

ITT: A bunch of people who don't realize Texas is nearly purple, but gerrymandered to hell. There are millions of us who are blue.

Y'know, if Texas secedes, we won't have to change the flag and remove a star if we make Puerto Rico a state. Just sayin'.

I'd love to see that happen.

Do you think the US would leave it's army and it's nukes in a different country just like that? Texas has a fun economy

Then the Republican party would lose a large red state, we would finally be rid of Republican presidents and houses, no more extremist bullshit to deal with.

The US would flourish again and go truly MAGA as it no longer had to deal with the Republican shit.

Texas has shit infrastructure that they don't manage well enough to keep up, it would be a hoot

New year new secession bill to fail big whoop.

These people killed hundreds because they couldn't keep the lights on. This state would die from people fleeing before the ink dried on the bill even if it passed...

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

The United States absolutely would not allow Texas to secede.

This is an absurd escalation that is nothing more than theater.

I'm not sure Texas is thinking this through. We'd build a wall and make them pay for it...

Oh yes please. The next hurricane that hits we won't have to pay for, and when they freeze or melt because their electrical grid collapses we can just watch.

don't let the door hit you in your racist ass. good luck with that whole electricity thing, we're proud to welcome refugee from The Christian Republic of Trumpistan

Best of luck, turds.

Those idiots can't handle independence.

if I had the money to leave here I would