Not such a Lone Star: Texas Nationalist Movement narrowly defeated after Republicans fall TWO VOTES shy of secession debate going to convention floor
Committee of Texas GOP leaders narrowly threw out drafted language in party platform that would support referendum on independence
The political platform fell two votes shy of going to the convention floor of nearly 4,000 delegates
Near-miss shows the Texas Nationalist Movement is becoming more mainstream
Top Republicans strongly oppose the movement but there is some support from lower ranks
By ALEXANDRA GENOVA
DAILYMAIL.COM
14 May 2016
Texas secessionists were narrowly defeated after nearly forcing the state Republican Party to vote on their cause.
A committee of Texas GOP leaders threw out drafted language in the party platform that supported a referendum on Texas leaving the United States Thursday – but only by a tiny margin.
The political platform fell just two votes shy of going to the convention floor of nearly 4,000 delegates.
It wasn’t expected to survive a floor vote, but secessionist supporters say their efforts had never made it this far.
The Texas Nationalist Movement, once a grassroots organisation has been leading the effort for ten years and as Thursday’s near-vote shows, is now becoming more mainstream.
The group’s president Daniel Miller told CNN: ‘We want Texas to become an independent state. It’s not that far-fetched of an idea.
‘This idea that people have the right of self-determination and places like Texas can assert their right of self-determination and become independent nation states is not that odd at all.’
But the Texas Nationalist Movement has no support whatsoever from top Republicans.
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