Texas GOP Chair Threatens Secession After Losing Supreme Court Case

December 12, 2020, 9:35 am

This week, the state of Texas lost a Republican-led lawsuit that was attempting to overturn presidential election results in four other states, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. As the New York Times reports, the Supreme Court rejected their suit, basically saying it’s none of their business what other states do to run their elections.

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Donald Trump supporters everywhere lost their sh-t, having anticipated support from the Supreme Court, which is full of Trump picks. Plenty of ordinary citizens went on Parler to threaten domestic violence, like former conservative golden boy Milo Yiannapoulus:

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Oh fuck off Milo the only reason you even gained relevancy to begin with was because of Gamergate if it wasn’t for that you’d be a nobody the only person you have to blame for all of your misfortunes is nothing but yourself.

So fuck you enjoy your irrelevacy prick#Milo pic.twitter.com/Gc3E8txUHu

— Jdow #BLM (@NoguS10) December 12, 2020

Much more serious is the reaction from the state of Texas. ABC News reporter Adam Kelsey shared the Texas GOP’s statement after the Supreme Court decision, and they basically threaten secession:

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After saying that the decision sets a president for violating the U.S. constitution, the statement reads in part, “Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution.”

This is a pretty horrifying suggestion because we did that once and the seceding states lost. Civil War II isn’t what this country needs right now. People are suitably horrified:

The TX GOP thinks IT determines what is & is not “law abiding.”

Not the many courts that have entertained 54 Trump cases.

Not the SCOTUS.

Not the 32 AG’s who wouldn’t touch that seditious garbage.

Mr. West, you are free to do as you wish, but the land belongs to the USA. https://t.co/xpUNTRdCMk

— Pam Keith (@PamKeithFL) December 12, 2020

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This is despicable. And it’s exactly the logical next step from the Texas attorney general’s suit, which was itself an incompetent attempt at breaking the union. But the incompetence of the effort shouldn’t distract us from its sheer cynicism and malice. https://t.co/wj1qbr0Bkx

— David French (@DavidAFrench) December 12, 2020

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The Texas Republican Party is officially in favor of leaving the Union. They have lost their minds. Biden will be President, but these people are deadly serious about secession and sedition. And this is the only question that media should ask any elected Republican tomorrow. https://t.co/8UAfGET88M

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 12, 2020

Logistically, seceding from the Union is hard to conceive of, so it seems unlikely it will amount to actual action. But the statement itself shows just how low the GOP will go.

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*First Published: December 12, 2020, 9:35 am