Texas County Calls for Statewide Vote on Secession from USA
Bob Price
A rural southwest Texas County Commissioners’ Court called on the Legislature to put a secession question on the 2023 General Election ballot. The resolution passed Tuesday by Edwards County calls for Texas to secede from the U.S. and return to being an independent nation.
Edwards County Commissioners released a resolution Tuesday night listing a litany of grievances against the United States including the national debt, usurpation of states’ rights, restrictions on private industry, curbs on the Second Amendment, and failures to enforce immigration laws, among others.
The resolution is signed by Commissioners Marty Graham, Lee Sweeten, and Kenneth Reed. It is also signed by Edwards County Judge Souli Asa Shanklin. Commissioner Matt Fry did not join.