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claudette

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51. I'd say

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2024, 02:21 PM

Feb 2024

“Goodbye and Good riddance” to Texass.

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I keep hearing that states can't secede. But let's say one does. [View all] Stinky The Clown Feb 2024 OP

lol. I said T-Rump would never win. BootinUp Feb 2024 #1

Really? Arthur_Frain Feb 2024 #2

Oh, did I miss the class? Stinky The Clown Feb 2024 #10

One didn't have to be present from 1861 to 1865 to learn it. Arthur_Frain Feb 2024 #11

It would be nothing like the Civil War. There would be less than zero need for a military response. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #38

Ultimately leftieNanner Feb 2024 #3

Abbott never talks about it.... LeftInTX Feb 2024 #8

WE should be showing what an empty threat it is. Whenever the topic is raised by a republiQan, our Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #39

Never happen lovebugg Feb 2024 #4

Exactly Emile Feb 2024 #23

What do parents do when the 4 year old says they are running away? Silent Type Feb 2024 #5

I am totally down for packing Texas's bags d_r Feb 2024 #53

"Let the erring sisters go in peace--- and cut them off DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #6

Just to play along with the question... William Gustafson Feb 2024 #7

Yes, one of the demands of Texas succession would be that they build and pay for the wall... Omnipresent Feb 2024 #34

Would the Dallas Cowboys be eligible for the Super Bowl? lastlib Feb 2024 #36

Would TX electoral votes be seceded from the election? Captain Zero Feb 2024 #40

No point in wasting time on a hypothetical that simply isn't possible. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #9

It's an astroturf campaign by the usual Russian suspects Rstrstx Feb 2024 #12

same ones doing the campaigns to break up California and make the PNW secede MistakenLamb Feb 2024 #30

heres what would happen moonshinegnomie Feb 2024 #13

And the GOP would lose Congress. C_U_L8R Feb 2024 #15

All of these things...and probably a civil war within Texas Buckeyeblue Feb 2024 #19

I wouldn't go to Arkansas Bucky Feb 2024 #26

im considering colorado moonshinegnomie Feb 2024 #45

New Mexico seems to have affordable housing and a nice climate Buckeyeblue Feb 2024 #58

thats also a possibility moonshinegnomie Feb 2024 #59

Also, a lot of the idiots pushin secession are whites Vogon_Glory Feb 2024 #31

No SS payments to TX folks. No longer citizens, passports invalidated and no chance to travel anywhere. Stock.... machoneman Feb 2024 #32

Outside of SS payments Zeitghost Feb 2024 #47

IIRC Zeitghost Feb 2024 #46

Would not be eligible for Social Security or Medicare. LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #60

they already have toll roads here moonshinegnomie Feb 2024 #61

Well, if it's Texas... Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2024 #14

Send in the FBI accompanied by troops to... LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #16

They'd lose all federal funding and benefits. Elessar Zappa Feb 2024 #17

I don't see why Social Security would stop for current beneficiaries dsc Feb 2024 #21

I'm pretty sure if you renounce your citizenship you lose SSI Bucky Feb 2024 #25

There are some pitfalls, but you can continue to collect benefits if you properly earned them unblock Feb 2024 #28

Texas gets $1.60 in return for every $1.00 it sends to Washington. That alone makes this a RW fantasy. n/t CincyDem Feb 2024 #41

it's just performance for the cult Skittles Feb 2024 #18

Their economy folds day one, no functioning airports, shipping ends from nearly every US company hlthe2b Feb 2024 #20

Exactly +1 Emile Feb 2024 #22

Not to mention JPK Feb 2024 #52

The U.S. could blockade their coastlines Wicked Blue Feb 2024 #35

Latin American drug cartels have boats, even some big ones, possibly some submarines Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #43

Pick up an American history book and read chapter 17 Bucky Feb 2024 #24

It would become mass shakeout of property rights and debts, just like a divorce bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #27

The loss of two Republican Senators and 24 Representatives....I can live with that! 303squadron Feb 2024 #29

Oh goodie! We lose all those onerous, self-indulgent TX Senators and Reps! Hooray! machoneman Feb 2024 #33

Texas? The smart thing would be to say, "Buh bye" and wait for THEM to beg to come back. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #37

This feels like settled law Johonny Feb 2024 #42

Dissolution is the least worst path forward. Voltaire2 Feb 2024 #44

It's only illegal until they do it, then it becomes legal Polybius Feb 2024 #48

Let 'em go, and fuck 'em. Aristus Feb 2024 #49

For what purpose? Caliman73 Feb 2024 #50

I'd say claudette Feb 2024 #51

They cant angrychair Feb 2024 #54

They had that problem in 1861. Progressive dog Feb 2024 #55

California, too. Torchlight Feb 2024 #56

one more thing to consider moonshinegnomie Feb 2024 #57

Something like this: Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #62