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| The Texas GOP had a fit after the Supreme Court rejected their bid to flip the election in Trump's favor, and now they're hinting at secession |
| 2020-12-12 |
| [BI] The Republican Party of Texas decried the US Supreme Court decision to reject a bid by some states to overturn the results of the presidential election. The case, which was brought by Texas and joined by other Republican-led states, sought to overturn the results in four states won by President-elect Joe Biden. The court denied the lawsuit due to a lack of standing. In a statement released Friday, Allen West, the Texas GOP chairman, said in tossing the lawsuit, the court "has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law." He also said the "guilty state" has "damaging effects on other states that abide by the law," and hinted that some states should consider seceding. "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution," West said. The legal challenge was the latest attempt by allies of President Donald Trump to subvert the election, and was denounced by many as a legally dubious attempt to have judges interfere in the democratic process. "subvert the election". Business Insider is a Democrat whore platform The Texas attorney general, who brought the lawsuit, was joined by 16 other Republican attorneys general and supported by most Republican members in the House of Representatives. The president also hyped the case, celebrating the states that joined Texas and calling it "the big one." The loss adds to a string of defeats by the Trump campaign and other Republican officials, who have not won any of their lawsuits brought since Election Day. A spokesperson for Biden welcomed the decision, saying the Supreme Court "rejected the latest of Donald Trump and his allies' attacks on the democratic process. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #21 Let's find out. "In these unprecedented times..." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-12-12 15:48 |
| #20 No, but it lays the stakes out - clearly |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-12-12 15:39 |
| #19 Go for a states convention. Twenty-two states came out against the Texas lawsuit, so a Constitutional convention won’t effect the change wanted. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-12-12 15:32 |
| #18 States legislators could submit their own slate of electors in the battleground states as the Constitution prescribes. This would reject the phony Dem electors in the battleground states that have come from a rigged, stolen election with its newly-coined rules for counting. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-12-12 11:08 |
| #17 @ #11 - Been hearing rumblings out of the western provinces of Canada for quite a while now, especially Alberta. But I wouldn't recommend Alberta become a US state, either (for their own good). I suppose Texas didn't have any issues with LBJ rigging elections back in the day. We are watching the break-up of the United States before our very eyes. Whether this break-up will be peaceful or not remains to be seen. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-12-12 10:54 |
| #16 Had a fit? Having a fit implies that there was a floor or place of performance allowed. This is more, "git undr dah stares whyitch'ya!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-12-12 10:41 |
| #15 I wonder if they will give this AZ guy refugee status? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2020-12-12 10:23 |
| #14 Those "A New Confederation Of States Is Racist, Here's Why" articles are already being written |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-12-12 08:44 |
| #13 Can't wait to see Mattis try to be U.S. Grant. I'll pee myself... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-12-12 08:13 |
| #12 Potential scenario - Posted 11 Dec 2020: 2. Biden is certified in remaining states. 3. Texas secession referendum and move to confederate passes state legislature handily and is signed by the governor. 4. Dozens of other states petition Texas legislature for membership into the confederation. 5. Confederation drafts recommendation that Donald J. Trump serve as President of the Confederation of Texas pending formal election. 7. Texas Governor Greg Abbott indicates his willingness to serve as interim Confederation Vice President. 6. Thomas McInerney rumored to be considered as Secretary of Defense. Elon Musk indicates his willingness to serve as Secretary of Labor. 7. Embassy of Israel indicates it is moving from Washington D.C. to Austin, TX. 8. Confederation legislature recognizes nation of Taiwan. Former Chinese consulate in Houston becomes new Taiwan Embassy in the Confederation. 9. Confederation legislature signs 5 year contract with USAA to oversee Confederation elections. Paper ballots and 3 day voting window are now mandetory. 10. Amazon ends it's bid for corporate HQ move to Crystal City, VA selects Plano, Texas as future home. COSCO and Walmart mull corporate headquarters move to Plano as well. 11. Rudy's BBQ leases fleet of Amazon vans, outfits them as food trucks to feed homeless. 12. Confederation crime rate plummets as legislature's newly drafted 'Must Carry' law gains universal acceptance. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-12 08:02 |
| #11 To Texas:. DO IT!! |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-12-12 07:55 |
| #10 Don’t forget Alberta. They have been screwed by Ottawa for years. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-12-12 07:17 |
| #9 More likely secession of rural or red counties from deep blue madhouse states. Far north California joining Nevada, or eastern Oregon joining Idaho, etc |
| Posted by: Chinegum Snineling2083 2020-12-12 07:03 |
| #8 "Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution," West said. Doesn't mean secession - if states can sign an unconstitutional compact doing an end run around the Electoral College, then states can sign a compact committing themselves to a strict interpretation of the Constitution. They can give one another preferential treatment and they can together resist the dumb sh!t that's going to come out of Washington in the next few years. Those things together would do far more damage to Washington than secession. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-12-12 04:42 |
| #7 No one round here but us West Chinesers North Venezuelans |
| Posted by: Lumpy Ghibelline7166 2020-12-12 03:33 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: Tarzan Sinatra3836 2020-12-12 03:00 |
| #5 Test Fail. No one round here but us West Chinesers |
| Posted by: Glusomp Forkbeard1875 2020-12-12 02:11 |
| #4 Test |
| Posted by: Fairbanks 2020-12-12 02:04 |
| #3 The constitution is dead. No constitution, no Republic. No Republic, no federal government. |
| Posted by: Unins Lover of the Mongol Horde9157 2020-12-12 01:58 |
| #2 Anyone in Texas looking for a Software Engineer? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-12-12 01:49 |
| #1 Go for a states convention. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-12-12 00:40 |