In 2012, the Texas Nationalist Movement reported an uptick in support after the elections, and a “We the People” petition for secession with 125,000 signatures to the White House earned the curt answer “No,” although the movement appears to be growing.
Last fall, the Texas Nationalist Movement tried to get a secession-related resolution tacked onto Texas’s March GOP primary. The resolution read, “If the federal government continues to disregard the constitution and the sovereignty of the State of Texas, the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation.”
In December, state party officials voted down the resolution, with one apologizing, saying “sorry we are even having the conversation.”
In 2016 10 of the 254 counties passed resolutions supporting Texas secession, and according to The Houston Chronicle and The Washington Post, “the fact that at least 10 counties are coming to the state convention supporting independence resolutions makes it difficult for party leaders to sweep this under the rug. It’s possible there will be some kind of a vote on the floor.”
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