[Ray Bogan]

The Texas Nationalist Movement, which wants Texas to secede from the US and become its own independent nation, is celebrating after 10 candidates who support their cause were elected to the state legislature. The organization calls it, “a clear signal that Texans are ready to reclaim their right to self-government.” 

TNM says there are now 65 current office holders in Texas who have signed a pledge to support secession, including members of the legislature, county governments and constables. 

Texas Nationalist Movement President Daniel Miller said in a statement: “The political establishment tried to paint the Texas First Pledge as extreme, but these results prove what we’ve known all along – when Texans understand that their right to self-government is on the line, they’ll fight back.”

The Texas First Pledge requires signers to commit to four principles which include: upholding Texans’ constitutional right to alter their government, supporting legislation for an independence referendum, and working toward a fair separation if Texans vote for independence.

MIller stated. “This is just the beginning.” “The political establishment tried to peddle the propaganda that a candidate couldn’t support the right of the people to vote on TEXIT and win election.” 

The Texas State Law Library makes clear that Texas does not have the right to leave the United States, it’s something they call a “common misunderstanding”. 

The library states, “Texas received no special terms in its admission to the Union. Once Texas had agreed to join the Union, she never had the legal option of leaving, either before or after the Civil War.” 

Both Supreme Court precedent and federal law make clear that a state cannot unilaterally secede. In fact an 1869 Supreme Court decision said any bill by the legislature, even if ratified by the state’s residents, was absolutely null. The chief justice wrote that entering the union is an “indissoluble relation”.