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    Calls For Texas Independence Surge In Wake Of Brexit Vote

    As Britain votes to leave the EU, thousands push for Texas to seize the day

    By Jacob Steinblatt Jun 24, 2016 at 6:43 AM ET

    After residents of the UK voted today to leave the European Union, the movement for an independent Texas may be gaining serious momentum, with thousands online calling for a “Texit.”

    The largest group agitating for secession is the Texas Nationalist Movement, which has been promoting its own version of Brexit, called Texit, over the past several weeks. The group has taken inspiration from the pro-exit campaign in Britain, noting that the two movements share many of the same principles. Daniel Miller, president of the TNM, told Australian website news.com.au, “The vast majority of the laws, rules and regulations that affect the people of Texas are created by the political class or unelected bureaucrats in Washington” — a sentiment which echoes the arguments made by the British Leave campaign.





    Vocativ analyzed use of the phrase “Texit” since the beginning of 2016, finding that use of the phrase exploded when the Brexit results were announced on Friday, June 24. As of publication, more than 5,800 people on Twitter used the phrase, a five-fold increase from the day before. 1,745 people tweeted about Texit between 7:00 and 8:00 AM London time, the hour when the final results were announced, with more than 3,000 Texit tweets posted in the hours since.

    Following the announcement, the group’s official Facebook page, which has over 200,000 followers, updated its cover photo to the Texas flag overlaid by the hashtag #TEXIT in big, bold letters.

    Other American secessionist movements also took heart from the Brexit results. The Foundation for New Hampshire Independence wished Great Britain a happy “Independence Day” while calling for #NHexit. Another group, Yes California, released a statement applauding the referendum as “a shining example of the right of peoples to self-determination.” Yes California further declared its intention “to mimic that process here in California by putting an independence referendum on the ballot.”

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    No ‘Texit’: Trump says Texas ‘will never’ secede, amid renewed calls

    Published June 25, 2016 FoxNews.com
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    Donald Trump splashed cold water Saturday on renewed calls by U.S. secessionists for Texas to break away from America in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

    “Texas will never do that, because Texas loves me,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told reporters, while touring his golf resorts in Scotland.


    So-called Texas nationalists, who for years have waged a quixotic campaign to secede, swiftly seized on Thursday’s Brexit decision to demand a similar referendum, only on Texas “independence.” In the spirit of the vote, supporters like Texas Nationalist Movement leader Daniel Miller called for “Texit” -- a hashtag trending Friday on Twitter.



    However, even as Britain’s vote to leave the E.U. raises the prospect of similar referendums across Europe, the push for Texas or any other state to break away from the U.S. stands little chance of succeeding.

    While Trump says the U.K. vote exposed an anger in the electorate that will rear its head elsewhere, he indicated he does not think that extends to any secession movement inside the United States – especially if he’s in the White House.


    “Texas would never do that if I’m president,” Trump said, adding the same goes for Vermont when asked about a secessionist movement there.


    Trump’s comments mark a rebuke from the candidate who has drawn explicit parallels between the anti-establishment sentiments that fueled the Brexit decision and those fueling his campaign on this side of the pond.


    The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics.

    The secessionists have long faced setbacks at every level of government.

    The White House, in response to a petition, said three years ago that Texas simply cannot leave the union.


    The state Republican Party took up this same issue at their convention just last month – and defeated a bid to get a Texas independence measure in the party platform.


    The Texas Tribune
    , in an analysis Friday, also said that while Texas could potentially split into separate states it could not legally secede. The Tribune quoted the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who once wrote in a letter, “If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede.”


    Nevertheless, Miller issued a statement Friday urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to call a referendum.


    “The win for Brexit opens the door for Texit by establishing, concretely, that it is possible to have an adult conversation on independence and letting the people have the final say,” he said.


    After winning independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas was its own republic until 1845, when it joined the U.S. Secession advocates argue the second-most populous state in the country is burdened by the federal government and has a large-enough economy to survive on its own.

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    The up side would be that they could close and defend the borders.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Newmexican View Post
    The up side would be that they could close and defend the borders.
    The problem is that many in Texas want open borders and no fence. ​

    http://www.alipac.us/f12/texas-first...act%92-268620/ (In 2001)
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    . . . The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2006.
    The government of Mexico and ministers of several Latin American countries have condemned the plans.[15] Rick Perry, governor of Texas, also expressed his opposition saying that instead of closing the border it should be opened more and through technology support legal and safe migration. . .

    @ http://www.alipac.us/f12/what-happened-fence-306742/

    http://www.alipac.us/f12/tx-tpwd-rej...uction-118851/

    http://www.alipac.us/f12/tx-governme...native-121481/

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