The Texas GOP's platform calls for a referendum so Texans can vote on 'whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.'
The demand for Texans to be allowed to vote on the issue in 2023 was one of manyadopted 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.
A man wears a face covering that reads"secede" outside the Texas state capitol on January 16, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The demand for Texans to be allowed to vote on secession in 2023 was one of many measures adopted in the Texas GOP's party platform."Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto.
In another section on state governance, the platform states that Texas Republicans want the state Legislature to pass a bill in its next session"requiring a referendum in the 2023 general election for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation."
Delegates at the convention voted on more than 270 platform planks as the convention closed on Saturday. The votes will be tallied and certified in Austin, but it is rare for a plank to be rejected, party spokesperson James Wesolek toldTexas Republicans also approved a resolution
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