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Texas to leave the United States?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Feb 5, 2021.

  1. Carl Herrera

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  2. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    100% for allowing a vote on this, but do it city-by-city. Cities against stay in America. Cities for cant use any American facilities without a passport.
     
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  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Where facilities include vaccines... and interstate highways ... and, you know, tanks and stuff.
     
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  4. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    No. Go **** yourself, Josh Marshall. AND Allen West. You can **** each other, too.
     
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    I'd rather just see guys like Paxton, Cruz, Abbott, and Crenshaw leave the United States. They showed their loyalty to Trump as he coddled Putin, and rose up against Democracy by trying to steal the votes of the American people. They are the types Putin would love to have as his boot lickers. Maybe they should all just move to Russia.
     
  6. larsv8

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    Tell you what, the State of Houston can stay, the rest of shithole can secede.
     
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    Used to live near Rough and Ready California...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_and_Ready,_California
     
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  8. Blatz

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    The first thing they scream about after being denied entry into the USA would be "MY RIGHTS"
     
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  9. NotInMyHouse

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    America First. Unity. :rolleyes:
     
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    Dasvidaniya.;)
     
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    Again, you can never go wrong exploiting Texas hubris. The indoctrinated will sign on an give you money.
     
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    Do it!

    https://www.expressnews.com/news/lo...t-secede-from-the-U-S-Here-s-why-15913769.php

    The way I read it, the legal way to mess with Texas statehood from within is they would have to split Texas up into 5 different states. That would potentially add 3 Democrat leaning states vs 2 Red. The power of the Republican Party in Texas is the power of the overall land size of the rural voters. Breaking up Texas gives more power to the cities. Given its Geographics, Houston, Austin, and Dallas would almost surely have to be in different states and would overwhelm the surrounding rural areas with their voting power.

    And it’s obvious that seceding is illegal and would be equivalent to what the confederacy did during the civil war. How do all these “law and order” Conservatives justify breaking the law and openly committing treason?

    Lastly - if State officials can illegally secede then there’s no laws stating that City’s cannot then claim City-State status and ask to rejoin the union. Imagine the state of Texas where the city of Houston is now the state of Houston. They would control a major port of exchange and the center of energy infrastructure for the entire country. Losing Houston alone would devastate the new country of Texas. Also Dallas is at the north end of the state. Losing Dallas also could cripple the state economically.

    Just so many ways that this fever dream of seceding is utter stupidity.
     
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    Okay that brings a different prospective to it .
     
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    LOL, the only relevant cities in TX are the Democratic ones...the rest of the state can go secede, they’ll be begging for handouts in about a month

    TX without Houston, Dallas, and Austin might as well be Alabama, Mississippi, or insert trash state that has nothing going for it
     
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    Travis County to leave Texas -- Austin to become new capital of Canada.
     
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    Such a got damn embarrassment so many Texas republican leaders are.

    But I guess it sadly says a lot that so many people here keep voting them in.
     
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    Not going to happen. This is another fever dream of the Trumpist party.
     
  18. malakas

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    If there was a Texas referendum which side would win?
     
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    Word on the street is that Allen West swears he really is African American and not just wearing black-face make up.
     
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