Texas legislators stop talking about secession

[My Pet Orangutan]

Amid severe weather and power crisis, Texas legislators stop talking about secession

At the end of January, a state legislator filed a bill aimed at creating a legislative committee by referendum “to develop a plan for achieving Texas independence.” The measure quickly won the endorsement of state GOP Chairman Allen West, who said the measure aimed to give Texans "a right to voice their opinions on a critical issue."

The ERCOT grid has collapsed in exactly the same manner as the old Soviet Union. It limped along on underinvestment and neglect until it finally broke under predictable circumstances.You may not hear much of this rhetoric at the moment. That's because Texas' need for assistance from outside its borders has reached a high level of urgency.

As many as 4 million residents, or about 15% of the state, spent much of the last weekend without electricity because the state's power grid buckled under an onslaught of ice, snow and subfreezing temperatures. The agency overseeing the state's power grid said Tuesday that it can't predict when electrical service will be restored to all residents.

On Saturday, Gov. Greg Abbott appealed to President Biden for an emergency federal disaster declaration. Biden promptly delivered, freeing federal assistance to flow into the state by the billions of dollars (and without first insisting on an expression of personal fealty to the White House, unlike a former president I could name).

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/column-amid-severe-weather-and-power-crisis-texas-legislators-stop-talking-about-secession/ar-BB1dLmAF

When TX turns Blue, it will be the Jewel in the Crown The wretched End of the Line for the GOP. Go TX Democrats !

[underpants]

1. So President Biden okayed money for a US State that he didn't win in an election?

Interesting that.

[Butterflylady]

5. ........

[Irish_Dem]

2. We will have to do a Berlin Airlift to Texas before this is over.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

3. I wonder

How the weather and life is on the other side of that wall?

[louis-t]

4. Give it 2 years. They'll be talking about it again.

[KPN]

7. More like 2 weeks.

[dlk]

6. Governor Abbott didn't waste any time begging for a government handout

Republicans love using socialism as a scare word, until they need assistance. Then, they race to the front of the line.