Members of the San Antonio Living History Association commemorate the Texas independence battle at the Alamo.
Credit: Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News/ AP
When Texas Republicans assemble for their state convention next month, it’s possible they will debate whether Texas should secede from the United States.
There’s almost no chance Texas Republicans will actually vote in favor of seceding, mind you — not least because most of the party wants nothing to do with this — but the fact we’re even mentioning secession and the Texas GOP convention in the same sentence suggests that the once-fringe movement has become a priority for at least some conservative grass-roots Texans.
To be sure, that seems to be a relatively small group. The Texas secession movement says 22 out of the 270 county GOP conventions passed some kind of independence resolution this spring. A party official said he’d be surprised if that were the case, and the Houston […]
I am a former resident of Texas. My family and I decided to leave for a Blue state about two years ago. I was born there, lived all of my adult life there, and I am a 5th generation Texan. I also taught Texas history. With this background, I can say with a great deal of certainty that Texas will eventually secede again. I believe this will happen in the next ten to fifteen years. Texans believe in a Texas mythology which is not even remotely connected with the facts. Other states laugh, and rightly so, at the foolishness of the changes in Texas textbooks, but they have no idea how deep the ignorance goes. Secession will not be good for the USA or for Texas, but it will hurt Texas much more.