Texas GOP Party Platform Pushes for Referendum to Vote on Secession in 2023

The Texas GOP issued a statement at their convention saying, “We reject the certified results of the 2020 Presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States.”

Texas GOP: “We Reject The Certified Results Of The 2020 Presidential Election”

The newly adopted party platform for Texas Republicans also pushes for a referendum to decide whether the state should secede from the U.S.

The Republicans' 2022 platform is outlined in a 40-page document that addresses state issues but also much broader priorities — such as the state's right to secede from the United States.

Under the section titled "State Sovereignty," the platform states: "Pursuant to Article 1, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution, the federal government has impaired our right of local self-government. Therefore, federally mandated legislation that infringes upon the 10th Amendment rights of Texas should be ignored, opposed, refused, and nullified. Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto."

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Newsweek reported:

In another section on state governance, the platform states that Texas Republicans want the state Legislature to pass a bill in its next session "requiring a referendum in the 2023 general election for the people of Texas to determine whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation."

NPR noted:

In Texas, secession is a perennial idea that tends to bloom when a Democrat holds the Oval Office. After former President Obama won his first term, for instance, the state's Gov. Rick Perry hinted that Texans might consider exiting the union.

Read the full 40-page document and the Texas GOP Party Platform HERE.