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Texas GOP Votes on Holding Referendum on Secession

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Texas GOP Votes on Holding Referendum on Secession
The United States and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building in Austin, Texas, on July 12, 2021. Sergio Flores/Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Texas GOP delegates earlier this month voted on a platform item urging the state legislature to put Texit, the movement to secede from the United States, on the ballot in 2023.

With their rough-and-tumble independent streak, secession has long been a theme for Texans and the state Republican conference from June 16 to June 18 again raised the issue.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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