The Texas GOP's platform calls for a referendum so Texans can vote on "whether or not the State of Texas should reassert its status as an independent nation."
I'm convinced this concept comes from a misinterpretation of the 1844 Texas-Tyler treaty, where the only special rights given were the ability for Texas to immediately become a state and also split itself into several other states. Texas did split into multiple states, with the territory eventually becoming parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado. There's no formal right for Texas to secede and when the state tried it was regarded as illegal and you know there was that whole civil war thing.
I'm convinced this concept comes from a misinterpretation of the 1844 Texas-Tyler treaty, where the only special rights given were the ability for Texas to immediately become a state and also split itself into several other states. Texas did split into multiple states, with the territory eventually becoming parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Colorado. There's no formal right for Texas to secede and when the state tried it was regarded as illegal and you know there was that whole civil war thing.
yeah thatd make a lot more sense than texas just being special lol i always figured it was some weird texas exceptionalism cope