re: Texas Nationalist Movement: Q&A transcript from tonight (2/4/21)

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If as they say, disgruntled Texans were “winning” under a Trump administration, what have they lost since the election in November that would make them want to leave the country?

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Where did I say anyone was winning under any particular administration? On the contrary, this is a slope down which we've been sliding for several decades.

The timing of this movement has nothing to do with the recent national election, though many people are admittedly chilled over what transpired. The Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) has been pulling together this effort for close to 15 years; this was going to come to a head now, regardless of who won the recent election.

Keep in mind, the Texas Legislature does not meet every year. Additionally, the referendum had to be written, and a bill sponsor had to be identified. That's not even taking into account the extensive amounts of research that have gone into the movement's effort to become successful. TEXIT, the book that details how Texas will gain independence (authored by TNM President, Daniel Miller), wasn't published until 2016. Several years went into the writing of that manuscript alone.

As for what's been "lost," Texans' own laws are not determined by Texans, but by 2.5 million unelected bureaucrats in Washington. We no longer have a government that begins and ends at the borders of Texas. We lose $103-$160 billion dollars per year to the federal government. Most importantly, we no longer control our own destiny (agriculture, business, commerce, border security, economy, energy, oil and gas, environment, healthcare, social services, international relations, law and order, travel).