A Texas state lawmaker says he plans to introduce a referendum pushing for the state to secede from the U.S.TEXAS GOP REP. CHIP ROY ISN'T JOINING ELECTION LAWSUIT-- HERE'S WHY“The federal government is out of control and does not represent the values of Texans. That is why I am committing to file legislation this session that will allow a referendum to give Texans a vote for the State of Texas to reassert its status as an independent nation,” Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredricksburg, said in a statement. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPTexas has left the union once before. After becoming a state in 1845, the Lone Star State seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America in 1861. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, Texas was fully readmitted into the Union in 1870.

Source: Fox News December 11, 2020 01:05 UTC