Posted on 11/08/2021 2:14:32 PM PST by RandFan
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said that Texas should secede if Democrats "fundamentally" destroy the U.S. but added that "he is not ready to give up on America yet."
"If the Democrats end the filibuster, if they fundamentally destroy the country, if they pack the Supreme Court, if they make D.C. a state, if they federalize elections if they massively expand voter fraud there may come a point where it's hopeless," Cruz said while speaking at an event at Texas A&M last month.
The Republican senator was responding to a question posed by a student in the crowd who asked him how he felt about the Texas secessionist movement.
"I think Texas has a responsibility to the country, and I'm not ready to give up on America. I love this country," he said.
He also added that Texas has an added responsibility to the U.S. as it is currently "an amazing force keeping America from going off the cliff" and "keeping America grounded in the values that built this country."
However, he emphasized that the country isn't at that point where Texas would secede and while he doesn't support the movement, he "understands the sentiment behind it."
"We're not there yet, and if there comes a point where it's hopeless, then I think we take NASA, we take the military, we take the oil," the Texan said.
He jokingly added that popular podcaster Joe Rogan would be president of the newly formed state if it were independent.
The Texas Nationalist Movement or "Texit" has said their mission is "to secure and protect the political, cultural and economic independence of the nation of Texas and to restore and protect a constitutional Republic and the inherent rights of the people of Texas."
The movement's official website stated that this "means that Texans determine our own laws and not 2.5 million unelected bureaucrats in Washington. It means that we get a government that begins and ends at the borders of Texas."
Well it’s already the beginnings of a Civil War with all the edicts of a tyrannical Federal Gov.
we can not live peacefully with these branch covidian leftists.
My thought exactly — an invitation to the Feds to initiate a civil war. Picture our incontinent president in a stovepipe hat.
Is there not a provision from the beginning of Texas’ statehood that they could leave the union at any point they wish?
28th Amendment: a process for removing States from the Union.
Shouldn’t be that hard to get 38 legislatures to pass it: go to the blue states and tell them they can remove TX; go to the red states and tell them they can remove CA.
Another hit piece by the Hill.
Cruz never specifically said this.
It won't be just Texas.
This is the best thing Ted has ever said. He’s come a long way from Horse 🐴 Face.
If it comes to that, Texas wouldn’t be alone.
God forbid that we can’t settle our differences peacefully.
He actually did say this in a roundabout way in a live town hall. I heard him.
The leftist social engineers have already divided the country - not on regional lines, but they have divided state against statel, county against county, urban vs. rural on ideological lines. This time their enemy would be spread out everywhere.
Moreover, America has a vast, bloated, lumbering bureaucracy weighed down by massive debt, based in urban areas. One kick and a massive currency and debt crisis ensues. Fed.gov will be able to support its own existence. Urban, blue areas would be the first to fail.
Hard to deny that.
That is their wish list. If it comes to pass it's all over for The Republic.
If Texas goes, We in Alabama should go, too, along with several southeastern states. Commie Rats have gone crazy. They are about to pull us all over the cliff
I don’t think so. The state was admitted with the provision that it could be divided into as many as five different states if it wanted to. There’s some discussion about whether this is just what any state could do if Congress approves, or if the provision is Congressional “pre-approval” for dividing the state when ever it wants.
It sounds more like he’s saying that he doesn’t want Texas to secede.
Would it be a secession if Texas was annexed? Would it be a de-annexation?
Yeah—I have never been a fan of Ted, but his comments seemed very reasonable. It sounds like he has given this a lot of thought.
I am impressed.
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