TX GOP out with a statement in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, all but calling for secession

[Nevilledog]

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Adam Kelsey
@adamkelsey
The @TexasGOP is out with a statement in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, all but calling for secession:

“Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution.”
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

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

[Freddie]

2. Please do so ASAP

[LisaL]

6. And take those congressmen with you.

[Gothmog]

3. West is going to run for Governor in 2022

West is a major league asshole

[LisaL]

4. If TX were to secede, Republicans would never win the presidency again.

This could work.

[AmyStrange]

29. Best Christmas gift ever!

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I like the way you think.
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[luv2fly]

5. Great idea!

“Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution"

Good idea, what will Texas do then?

[qazplm135]

7. New Texas?

You can have Lubbock as the capital.

[turtleblossom]

8. It's time for a divorce

Replace TX with Puerto Rico

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Wow, that's a riot!

Seems to me that the last time that was tried didn't work out so well.

I guess they never learn!

[Thekaspervote]

10. Take FL with you...pretty please..the gop will NEVER win an election again

[Lochloosa]

22. Uh..no thank you.

[csziggy]

34. No, Florida can be turned

All we need is a better Florida Democratic Party. They've been dropping the ball since Lawton Chiles died.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Amazing/Not Amazing

they fail to grasp the irony of their statement

[OregonBlue]

12. I hate to say it but that would be just fine by me. I'm so tired of these bible thumper hypocrits!!

[hauckeye]

13. Bye then, and your Cowboys/Texans will be out of the NFL

[Laelth]

14. Ummm ... that's really not cool.

I know that they’re upset, and all, but calling for secession is a really bad idea—you would think that TX would have learned its lesson the first time.



-Laelth

[Stuart G]

19. You are totally "correct"...and remember....Stupid is still ......."STUPID!!!"

..."TX GOP IS VERY STUPID..."

[Under The Radar]

15. Let me get this straight, you were just spanked by the constitution of the United States

But now you want to secede from the United States so that you can abided by the constitution of a country you no longer want to be a part of and plan to leave?
You have my permission big boy. I think that may be best for all of us.

[Biophilic]

36. Oh, my, so well said.

I couldn't have said it better. Really. All I can do is say "Exactly."

[dalton99a]

37. +1

[elleng]

16. Oh sure, 'that will abide by the constitution,'

just TRY, for ONCE!

[The Genealogist]

17. Equivalent of a kid who looses a board game, overturns it, and runs home to mommy.

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

[judesedit]

18. And not get another cent from the blue states that have been supporting them

The blue states can use the money they save and help dems get the hell outta there, so they'll lose their taxes, too. Please do it. Let those traitors fight with and kill each other.

[tanyev]

20. So now I wonder if Paxton did this on his own or if he cooked it up with West?

[Tanuki]

21. AOC FTW:

Link to tweet

[Laelth]

23. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Buckeyeblue]

24. Texas is a big economy. My assumption would be it's not big enough for a sovereign nation

[stillcool]

25. I won't miss any of that hate

[procon]

26. He can't claim to be "law abiding" while promoting secession. nt

[Retrograde]

27. The irony is that Texas did try to secede once

on the grounds that they didn't want states like Pennsylvania and Michigan and Wisconsin telling them what to do. Maybe this time we should just let them go.

I'll miss San Antonio and Austin, though.

[MoonRiver]

28. Just do it fuckers! Sane people would love to see you GONE!

[roamer65]

30. Just open its border with Mexico.

Let Mexicans have their property back.

[Stuart G]

31. ....Here is where the idea came from...Allen West GOP TX Chairman...quote Dallas Tex News

..." Texas GOP chairman Allen West, disappointed in the ruling, floated the idea of secession. "

link is not available....every time I try to post this link, it erases itself...sorry..

[AmyStrange]

32. As a going away present, Trump can be your first president!

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That'll be fun to watch!
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[marybourg]

33. Let's let them go this time.

In fact, let’s encourage them to go.

[panader0]

35. Secession is the dumbest idea ever. Dumber than Rick Perry and Louie Gohmert put together.

Would seniors still get Social Security checks? Would Texas lose all of the Army, Navy, And AF bases?
Would the "Wall" be on the north side or the south? The list of things that would be affected is long.
An incredibly ignorant threat.
Texas came close to turning blue this time. Texas is a part of the USA and will stay that way.

[Stuart G]

38. ....."STUPID IS STILL STUPID"

[Vinca]

39. If all the red states secede, who will support them?

Donor states would finally get to keep their tax dollars.

[bbernardini]

40. Good riddance, Uncle Ruckus. nt

[Mr. Ected]

41. But what about all the good Dems in Texas? Do they get to move out? Will they be able to?

All this secession talk gets pretty messy when you factor in the incredible number of Democrats residing there.

[Solly Mack]

42. They will abide by the same Constitution they reject by rejecting the ruling of said Constitution

from its highest court and declaring the desire to secede from the nation of that Constitution to form a new nation with the exact same Constitution they so clearly reject?

What they really mean is - They want the Constitution to apply to only certain people. People like them - who look like them and think as they do. That they should be the only ones to determine who holds office. That other people don't count. They want absolute rule determined by them, for them, of them. Fuck the rest of us.

They make a claim. Multiple claims. Claims that don't hold because there is no evidence. Claims that are obviously a push to overturn a legal election simply because they don't like the results. They lose. Repeatedly. But they're the victims because the courts don't agree that the Constitution applies only to them?

They're anti-America. Anti-American. Anti-United States' Constitution. America is meaningless to them. The Constitution is meaningless to them.

Power and getting their way holds meaning for them. Being able to control others holds meaning to them.

But America - the letter and spirit of her laws, her democratic norms and traditions - hold no meaning to them.

They are traitors to America.

[cojoel]

43. Maybe they can buy out the "Galt's Gulch" scammers

and set up a right-wing idiocracy in the Chilean desert. Scratch that; it would be terribly unfair to inflict these fools on the Chilean people...

[jmowreader]

44. This also means...

the fifteen military bases and Johnson Space Center will be closed and relocated, correct?

[dalton99a]

45. The war criminal scumbag belongs in prison