EXCLUSIVE How a Kamala win would 'fuel' this key Red state's bid to break away from America
Harris' popularity is 'somewhere between leprosy and a colonoscopy,' it is claimed. Veep's record on climate change and immigration will drive support for 'Texit'
By James Reinl
Daily Mail
Jul 25, 2024
Texas secessionist Daniel Miller says a Kamala Harris win in November will drive support fort his 'Texit.'
A Kamala Harris win in November would push America one step closer to unraveling, says one of the country's most fervent secessionists.
Daniel Miller, who fronts the Texas Nationalist Movement, says a Harris victory would 'fuel' his group's goal — the withdrawal of Texas from the US, or 'Texit.'
According to Miller, the Democrat's track record on immigration and climate change would leave millions more Texans wanting to opt out.
Secessionist feelings are already high in Texas — nearly a third of residents want to leave the US, polls show — even though the US Constitution does not allow it.
'If Harris wins, expect Texit support to surge,' Miller told DailyMail.com.
It would deepen 'polarization,' expand the federal government's reach in Texas and 'fuel the desire for independence,' he said.
'People here see this political charade for what it is,' Miller added.
'Her favorability hovers somewhere between leprosy and a colonoscopy, and yet she's hailed by the mainstream media as the second coming of JFK.'
Vice President Harris looks set to become the Democratic presidential nominee to run against Republican Donald Trump in November.
President Joe Biden, under pressure over his poor debate performance, on Wednesday confirmed he would not seek reelection, saying he would 'pass the torch to a new generation.'
This has focussed attention on the record of Harris, a former California Senator and attorney general who, if elected, would become the first woman and person of black and South Asian heritage to become commander-in-chief.
She's fought hard to cut America's emissions of planet-heating gases, sponsored the hard-line Green New Deal resolution, and was instrumental in passing Biden's historic climate bill.
Those are popular in Harris' native California and Washington DC — but less so in Texas, which yields 42 percent of America's crude oil and 27 percent of its natural gas, says Miller.
The same goes for the Democrat's record on immigration, he adds.
She was nicknamed the 'border czar' of the Biden administration, and for years failed to stop the growing influx of asylum seekers across into Texas and other frontier states.
The Vice President's favorability 'hovers somewhere between leprosy and a colonoscopy,' says Miller
Daniel Miller, center right, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, says he's coordinating with independence groups in five other US states
'Harris bears much responsibility for the border crisis and immigration, which combined are the number one concern for Texans,' says Miller.
The Lone Star state's 30-million-and-growing population wants 'self-governance' and to keep a distance from Washington, he says.
'Any federal policies that undermine our values will push more Texans towards Texit,' he adds.
His comments come in a divisive election year, and amid the runaway success of Civil War, a dark thriller about the US spiraling into conflict between the capital and breakaway states.
Texas was an independent country 200 years ago, and growing numbers of its residents want that status back.
The separation, dubbed Texit, takes its name from Britain's 'Brexit' from the European Union.
Miller says his movement, created in 2005, has never been so close to achieving its goal.
He wants the state legislature to pass a law allowing a referendum on breaking away.
The US Constitution, however, has no clause allowing states to do this — indeed, the secession of Southern states including Texas in 1861 led to the Civil War, the bloodiest war in US history.
It's getting more popular thanks to the influx of asylum seekers at the border with Mexico, he says.
Texans feel they'd do a better job of managing the frontier without the federal government tying their hands, he says.
'A Harris presidency not only continues but extends that Biden legacy,' says Miller.
'If you thought Biden was bad for Texas, her administration is going to be orders of magnitude worse.'
Across the US, about 23 percent of people want their state to bust out of the union.
Those sentiments are felt strongest in Alaska, Texas, California, New York, and Oklahoma, recent YouGov polling showed.
The survey showed that 31 percent of Texans want out — though Miller says it's an undercount.
Daniel Miller says he's cooperating with secessionists in five other US states
Kirsten Dunst, right, plays a news photographer trying to reach the capital before it falls to rebels in the 2024 movie Civil War.
Alaska is the most pro-independence state, with 36 percent of residents wanting the Last Frontier to call it a day and leave the union.
Democrat-run California and New York are next in line to abandon ship, with 29 percent and 28 percent of residents favoring secession, respectively.
Oklahomans (28 percent), Nebraskans (25 percent), Georgians (25 percent), Floridians (24 percent) and Washingtonians (24 percent) are also eyeing the door.
At the other end of the spectrum is Connecticut, with just 9 percent of its relatively content residents seeking an out.
The interest in secession has been showcased by the success of the movie Civil War, which grossed $69 million in the US, according to Box Office Mojo.
The tense thriller sees a nation that's collapsed into full-blown armed conflict.
The military powers of Texas and California have united as Western Forces, which are descending on Washington, DC.
They seek to overthrow an authoritarian US president, played by Nick Offerman.
Meanwhile, fictional Reuters photographer Lee (Kirsten Dunst) and reporter Joel (Wagner Moura) take to the road with the aim of reaching the capital before it falls to rebels.
Miller calls the movie a '100 percent plausible' account of America tearing itself apart.
1 comment:
There has always been a movement in Texas to secede from the union beginning with the Civil War. The movement gained a popularity and even formed a militia when Biden became President and opened the border. (USA)
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