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Texas to vote on whether to force all other states to secede
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:16 am
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:16 am
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If the measure passes, Texans plan to then go to all the other states and fire their many many guns in the air while yelling, “Git!” until the other states drop out of the union. Texas will then put the nation’s capital somewhere more sensible, like Lubbock.
Not all Texans support this idea. “Don’t seem neighborly,” said “Tex” Conklin, another Texan. “Plus, I don’t think we gots to kick out all the states. Like, I ain’t got nut’n against Idaho. Maybe we just kick out California.” He and every Texan within earshot then spit at the mention of that name.
Babylon Bee
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 11:26 am
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Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:18 am to EKG
I'd rather stay with Texas, thanks.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:21 am to EKG
The bzzzzzz gave it away.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:24 am to EKG
Babylon Bee
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:27 am to 1BIGTigerFan
Well of course it is.
But thanks(?) for editing my post anyway.
For Pete’s sake.
But thanks(?) for editing my post anyway.
For Pete’s sake.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 11:38 am
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:48 am to EKG
Well, I get excited when you post about Texas secession, so when I realized it was Babylon Bee I was disappointed. ??
Posted on 2/8/21 at 11:59 am to 1BIGTigerFan
That was the fun of it.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 2:50 pm to EKG
Let me ask you a question? Can the governor of Texas just say we're out, or does he have to go through the voters?
Posted on 2/8/21 at 3:34 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
The governor of Texas is not the most powerful office holder in the state. Outside of the itemic veto and appointment powers, the governor has limited powers.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 3:52 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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Let me ask you a question? Can the governor of Texas just say we're out, or does he have to go through the voters?
Nah.
He can call for special elections (subsequent to the already scheduled general election), but the people of Texas will always get the final vote.
That said, he does play a role in the TEXIT referendum process:
1. Bill is filed by a member of the House or Senate, plus a sponsor in the chamber opposite from the member who initially filed it.
2. Bill gets its first reading on the floor and is assigned to a committee.
3. The committee chair schedules it for a hearing; sometimes they don’t if committee chair is opposed to the bill: at which point it dies when the session ends. But if the committee hears the bill and it is voted out of committee, it is scheduled to be heard on the floor, or it doesn’t.
3. The House and Senate each have their own rules for scheduling bills for the floor; as has been the case in the Texas House, the chair of the Calendars Committee can use his or her power to kill a bill by refusing to move it along (**FYI, this is who/where [Calendars Committee] our [Texas Nationalist Movement] efforts are currently focused**).
If the bill moves along, it gets debated on the floor and is then voted on. If it passes in one chamber, it moves to the other chamber and the process repeats until the bill is passed by both houses.
At the end of the day, what any bill needs to pass is the support of 76 members of the Texas House, 16 members of the Texas Senate, the lieutenant governor, and the governor. From there it moves to the governor’s desk for his signature or a veto.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:17 pm to EKG
I'm just afraid with the new open borders and unlimited immigration, Texas won't have enough Americans left to save it. So I'm just curious if the state if Texas can just say the federal government is so fricked up, we're leaving? Or is that definitely a shooting war at that point?
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:27 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
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So I'm just curious if the state if Texas can just say the federal government is so fricked up, we're leaving?
Not without the people’s approval.
It won’t come to a war; it can’t.
That’s the one outcome that would bring this process to a screeching halt.
More importantly, we don’t want violence; just the opportunity to govern ourselves.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:28 pm to EKG
There won’t be a vote on secession in Texas.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:37 pm to Satchel
This year? Probably not.
But we’re in this for the long haul.
The same referendum will continue to be filed every two years, and we’ll work hard to educate Texans about the facts re: how we’re being sucked dry by the federal government.
It’ll happen.
But we’re in this for the long haul.
The same referendum will continue to be filed every two years, and we’ll work hard to educate Texans about the facts re: how we’re being sucked dry by the federal government.
It’ll happen.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:40 pm to EKG
Secession is the wet dream of small right wing fringe elements in Texas and has little traction in the state’s population centers. There will be no vote on secession.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 4:47 pm to EKG
quote:That ... individual ... is a mod with authority to edit your posts? Good Lord.
Well of course it is.
But thanks(?) for editing my post anyway.
For Pete’s sake.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 2/8/21 at 5:02 pm to Satchel
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The governor of Texas is not the most powerful office holder in the state.
Who or what body is?
Posted on 2/8/21 at 5:09 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
Lieutenant Governor.
He appoints all committee chairs in the Senate and determines where the bills are going to be sent (to which committees) and when.
That’s a whole heap o’ power.
Remember, every bill has to go through a Senate Committee before it gets a final vote.
Getting passed by the Senate is tough enough.
But it's impossible if your bill never gets out of committee—which makes the Lt. Governor's power to pick where to send a bill very important.
The Lt. Gov. could despise HB 1359 The Texas Independence Referendum Act (TIRA), for example, and send it to a committee also comprised of legislators who are against the idea of allowing Texans to exercise their right to vote, thereby rendering the bill DOA before it stands a shot.
He appoints all committee chairs in the Senate and determines where the bills are going to be sent (to which committees) and when.
That’s a whole heap o’ power.
Remember, every bill has to go through a Senate Committee before it gets a final vote.
Getting passed by the Senate is tough enough.
But it's impossible if your bill never gets out of committee—which makes the Lt. Governor's power to pick where to send a bill very important.
The Lt. Gov. could despise HB 1359 The Texas Independence Referendum Act (TIRA), for example, and send it to a committee also comprised of legislators who are against the idea of allowing Texans to exercise their right to vote, thereby rendering the bill DOA before it stands a shot.
This post was edited on 2/8/21 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 2/8/21 at 5:57 pm to EKG
With all the immigrants coming from the West and the illegal aliens wading across the southern border, Texas will be bright blue by 2024. Y’all here to stay, cowboy.
Posted on 2/8/21 at 6:13 pm to Kentucker
Who or what body is?
Unfortunately for Texans, the Lt. Governor is the most powerful.
Unfortunately for Texans, the Lt. Governor is the most powerful.
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