{"id":1470207,"date":"2024-06-08T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1470207"},"modified":"2024-06-08T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T00:55:00","slug":"new-texas-gop-platform-calls-for-secession-vote-resistance-to-federal-infringements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/new-texas-gop-platform-calls-for-secession-vote-resistance-to-federal-infringements\/1470207\/","title":{"rendered":"New Texas GOP Platform Calls For Secession Vote, Resistance To Federal Infringements"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Texas GOP Platform Calls For Secession Vote, Resistance To Federal Infringements<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reflecting plummeting patience with overstepping federal overlords, the Texas Republican Party has adopted two platform planks that call for legislators to assert state sovereignty, and to schedule a secession referendum<\/strong> in the next general election after November’s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This historic vote at the\u00a02024 Republican Party of Texas Convention\u00a0represents a substantial shift towards enhancing state sovereignty and exploring the potential for Texas to operate as an independent nation,” said the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) in a statement<\/a>. “It reflects the growing sentiment among Texans for greater autonomy and the protection of our rights against federal overreach.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Backers of the “TEXIT” movement make their stance known at the Texas Republican Convention in San Antonio <\/strong>(via Texas Nationalist Movement<\/a>)<\/a><\/p>\n

Fittingly, that historic vote took place in San Antonio — home of the Alamo<\/strong>, aka “the cradle of Texas liberty.” Though it represented a setback, the 1836 Battle of the Alamo<\/a> was a key chapter in the fight for independence that culminated in Texas becoming a self-governing republic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first plank asserts that the US government is infringing on powers reserved to Texas and all other states, and calls for unwarranted federal laws to be thwarted <\/strong>by Texas government. It also affirms the right of Texas to secede:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPursuant to Article 1, Section 1<\/a>, of the Texas Constitution, the federal government has impaired our right of local self-government. <\/strong>Therefore, federally mandated legislation that infringes upon the 10th Amendment rights of Texas shall be ignored<\/strong>, opposed, refused, and nullified. <\/em><\/p>\n

Texas retains the right to secede<\/strong> from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto and pass the Texas Sovereignty Act<\/a> as filed in the 88th Legislative Regular Session as HB 384.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The second plank is a pointed directive to put the question of secession to the people of Texas in the next general election:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Texas Legislature should pass a bill in its next session requiring a referendum in the next General Election <\/strong>for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation. This referendum should be a legislative priority.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

From the San Antonio convention, here’s a brief but interesting clip of the Texas Nationalist Movement’s Nate Smith speaking in support of the independence-minded platform planks — and ably fielding a question from a delegate who suggests TNM is guilty of treason<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We’d have liked to hear Smith answer his critic’s attempted second question — as to whether Smith had recited the Pledge of Allegiance<\/strong> earlier that day as part of convention rituals. It’s likely the questioner would have next pointed to the pledge’s reference to “one nation…indivisible.”<\/p>\n

In making a case\u00a0for why patriots shouldn’t pledge allegiance<\/a>, Brian McGlinchey has argued that, of several objectionable components of the pledge, “‘indivisible’ should give greatest offense to American patriots. The very existence of the United States — created by secession from the British empire — is a testament to political divisibility as a foundational human right…By reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and proclaiming the United States of America ‘indivisible,’ Americans disclaim their human right of self-determination.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Texas Nationalist Movement’s GOP convention success comes on the heels of a state Republican Party controversy over the issue. Despite TNM having amassed more than 139,000 signatures requesting that a secession question be placed on the March 5 primary ballot, the Texas GOP’s leadership refused<\/strong> to include it. TNM appealed to the state supreme court, which refused<\/a> to hear the controversy.<\/p>\n

The party chair who presided over that decision, Matt Rinaldi, is out. Now, party’s top two officials<\/a> are both signers of the “Texas First Pledge<\/a>.” <\/strong>In addition to promising to place the interest of Texans “before any other\u00a0nation, state, political entity, organization, or individual,” signatories commit to bringing about a secession referendum and, if it is approved by a majority of Texans, to work for an expeditious exit from the union.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The TNM is constantly looking for new members to join our ranks.<\/p>\n

If you want to pledge your support for TEXIT, you can do so herehttps:\/\/t.co\/2CLOGuWMtQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Texas Nationalist Movement (TEXIT) (@TexasNatMov) June 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

After seceding from Mexico,\u00a0Texas was an independent country from\u00a01836 to 1845<\/a>\u00a0and, economically, is\u00a0extraordinarily well-suited for independence today<\/strong>. It’s by far the\u00a0largest oil producer of any US state, accounting for a whopping\u00a042%<\/a>\u00a0of American production, with no other state exceeding even 10%. It has deep-water ports, abundant agriculture, and is a major high-tech hub.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s fixin’ to be another feather in Texas’s hat.<\/strong>\u00a0As we examined earlier this week<\/a>, the booming Lone Star State economy — and rising aggravation over compliance costs and woke regulations — has spurred BlackRock, Citadel Securities and other investors to back a new challenger to the\u00a0New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq: the\u00a0Texas Stock Exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 06\/08\/2024 – 16:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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