Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’

“This is something that was written into the Texas Constitution,” the former congressman said in one late December radio broadcast. “Or it was promised to Texas when we became part of the United States of America– that if we voted and decided, we could go back to being our own republic.”

Experts, nonetheless, say that Texas cannot legally secede and go away the United States to change into its own republic. The annexation decision West is referring to stipulates that Texas could, in the future, select to divide itself into 5 new states, not divide itself from the US and declare independence. West mistook the congressional annexation decision that made Texas a state for the Texas structure.

Texas does have a historical past of secession. In 1861, Texas voted in favor of secession and later left the Union to be a part of the Confederate States of America, setting the stage for the American Civil War. After the Confederacy misplaced the struggle, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas had remained a state, regardless of becoming a member of the Confederate States of America in an act of insurrection for 4 years, and that any acts ratified by the Confederate-era state legislature have been “absolutely null.” Texas finally rejoined the Union in 1870.

The invoice, which has little probability of passing, would enable for a vote on whether or not the state could kind a committee to develop a long-term plan to secede.

“I do support the will of the people to be heard and allow the people to vote on this,” mentioned West in the similar December interview. “But I will tell you my official position is that I want Texas to lead, not so much secede.”

He argued Republican states can band collectively to nullify legal guidelines handed by Congress they do not imagine are constitutional.

While West denied that he known as for secession — and accused his critics of advocating for secession — he has left the door open to Texas secession past supporting a referendum election.

“Truthfully, I would rather Texas lead than secede — if the moment does come when things have gone so bad — but I don’t think we’re going to get to that point,” he advised an viewers in January.

The Texas Republican Party didn’t return requests for remark.

West mentioned the US is in an ‘ideological civil struggle’

“I heard one person say, ‘but man, this can cause us a civil war,'” the host, Andrew Wommack, argued. “And the other person says, ‘well, we’ve already fought one. Was it worth it? Was it worth it to free the slaves? “Is it value it to save our Constitution?’ You cannot choose what’s proper. Based on how different persons are going to reply. You simply have to do what’s proper. And face the penalties.”

“No, you are, you are completely proper,” West responded. “And once more, that’s the mentality that the left has. The left is banking on the reality that they are afraid to do it. Because they, they know that we’ll go into the streets and we’ll do all of those various things. But once more, we’re already in an ideological civil struggle, whether or not you need it or not.”

“When you have a look at what has occurred out in Portland, guess what, they have been rioting, they have been tearing up neighborhoods,” he added. “If you have a look at Inauguration Day of 2017, they have been in Washington, DC burning up vehicles and rioting. We ought to have stopped it then. So both we cease it now, or it is going to be like a most cancers that metastasizes, and finally it will kill the host.”

“I feel we’re additionally going to lastly get the proof,” West said when speaking on Dominion. “And the understanding is that there have been states, there have been votes that have been, tampered with affected, shifted, modified, no matter you need to name it

West mentioned that states do not want to observe legal guidelines they deem unconstitutional

In different interviews, West contended that states could select not to observe government orders and even federal legal guidelines they deem unconstitutional.

“We want you to establish laws, but even still, if there are laws that you’re looking to implement…which would undermine our Second Amendment……would nationalize elections under the control of the federal government,” he mentioned. “We don’t want those things to happen.”

“I think that we do have that power within our hands, to just nullify a lot of these things,” West added, saying Republican states could kind collectively to nullify legal guidelines. “And that sends a powerful message back.”