▲ 460 ▼ Joe Biden Faces Growing Calls to Federalize Texas National Guard (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Great, they can call it "Texit" and we all know how successful that movement is shaping up over the pond. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) They tried last year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Independence_Referendum_Act permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nobody in the texan government wants it to go through. They'll push it to give lip service to the worst parts of their support base, just as long as they're sure it will fail. We should pull a prank and let them push it over the finish line, and then invade the new texan independant state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, let them be "independent" until businesses demand they come back. I give them one fiscal quarter (3 months) of plunging sales. No one will trust the government of Texas like they do the US Government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* TBH with Abbot spending all their money on razorwire that appears to magically increase immigration numbers against its intended purpose, they might be going bankrupt even without ever seceding. Unless all of that National Guard expenditure somehow made it out of federal military budget? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago Haven't they been trying that since they joined the USA? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) They tried last year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Independence_Referendum_Act permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nobody in the texan government wants it to go through. They'll push it to give lip service to the worst parts of their support base, just as long as they're sure it will fail. We should pull a prank and let them push it over the finish line, and then invade the new texan independant state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, let them be "independent" until businesses demand they come back. I give them one fiscal quarter (3 months) of plunging sales. No one will trust the government of Texas like they do the US Government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* TBH with Abbot spending all their money on razorwire that appears to magically increase immigration numbers against its intended purpose, they might be going bankrupt even without ever seceding. Unless all of that National Guard expenditure somehow made it out of federal military budget? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago Haven't they been trying that since they joined the USA? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nobody in the texan government wants it to go through. They'll push it to give lip service to the worst parts of their support base, just as long as they're sure it will fail. We should pull a prank and let them push it over the finish line, and then invade the new texan independant state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, let them be "independent" until businesses demand they come back. I give them one fiscal quarter (3 months) of plunging sales. No one will trust the government of Texas like they do the US Government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* TBH with Abbot spending all their money on razorwire that appears to magically increase immigration numbers against its intended purpose, they might be going bankrupt even without ever seceding. Unless all of that National Guard expenditure somehow made it out of federal military budget? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, let them be "independent" until businesses demand they come back. I give them one fiscal quarter (3 months) of plunging sales. No one will trust the government of Texas like they do the US Government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* TBH with Abbot spending all their money on razorwire that appears to magically increase immigration numbers against its intended purpose, they might be going bankrupt even without ever seceding. Unless all of that National Guard expenditure somehow made it out of federal military budget? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago* TBH with Abbot spending all their money on razorwire that appears to magically increase immigration numbers against its intended purpose, they might be going bankrupt even without ever seceding. Unless all of that National Guard expenditure somehow made it out of federal military budget? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago Haven't they been trying that since they joined the USA? permalink fedilink source parent