Too late! The Yankees and Californians have taken over that state!

Texas has always wanted to go in its own independent, racist direction. It seceded from Mexico, then from the USA and Texans are thinking about it again. No surprise.

If they would, cut off all US money going there, including SS. Take away all the military bases. Shut down all federal programs. Cut off all veterans pay and such. See how long they would take that.

Only if they take Kentucky and the other red states that do not pay as much into the federal government as they take back. Texas is one of the few red states that pays in more than it receives; i am pretty sure that even they would get tired of paying for other states if they had to do so on their own.

This is like the billionth time they're tried. And the self protection is sadly almost valid in Florida.

My thanks to everyone who has replied to this post. This "European with an African mind" has learned a whole lot more about the USA from your comments.

Secede to where Mexico.....lol

Secession, or efforts to do so, seems at times to be as American as apple pie. The mining town of Rough and Ready, California, in the gold-rich Sierra Nevada foothills, voted to secede from the Union in 1850. One wonders just how many regions, counties and towns have, over the years, voted to 'break away.'

Again? They do it every 20 years.

A list of states that could secede without my noticing or much caring:

Texas
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
North Dakota
South Dakota
Alaska
Texas again

But they would notice when their federal funds went away. The states in the middle of the country get a LOT more funding proportionately than they put into the tax coffers, and yet they complain like hell about being overtaxed and over-regulated. They are emblematic of the noisy minority who think we should be back to business as usual, no matter what global pandemic is killing Americans by the thousands. I don't think "idiots" is too harsh a term. Not everyone in each of those states, of course, but for crying out loud, the governor of Georgia is opening up again already and even Trump knows that's a bad idea.