Why Has Texas Declared War on Washington DC?
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The #UnitedStates is facing one of the worst moments in its ongoing border and migration crisis. Since the arrival of the Biden administration, border encounters with undocumented immigrants have increased like wildfire, in what some Republican leaders are already calling an "invasion".
Faced with this, Texas governor Greg Abbott has decided to take matters into his own hands, which has led to a tense confrontation with the federal authorities. Texan secessionist rhetoric has begun to gain momentum as a result and many are already touting the idea of an independent Texas.
Why is #Texas fighting to take control of its borders, and will this be the final push for Texas to finally become independent?
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Couple things purposely left out of this video-
That women and her kids died on the federal border agents watch. Not the Texans. Their deaths had nothing to do with Texas policy.
And frankly, they wouldn’t have died if……
fill in the blank, then you’ll understand (at least part) of the Texans position.
The problem is real simple, the federal government is failing in its responsibility to Texas to provide security to its border, so Texas is doing it themselves, and the federal government is saying “no, you can’t do that.” And Texas is saying “Okay, then YOU do it” and the federal government is saying “No”.
The glut in migration is 100% the administrations fault, and this administration is not trying to “address the root causes in Central America.” That is nonsense, and a pathetic attempt to alleviate responsibility over the unbelievable failure of its policy.
Also, let’s remember the brilliant play to send illegal immigrants to “sanctuary cities,” cities who’s infrastructure are crumbling under the weight of (at most) a few thousand illegal immigrants, which Texas receives (at minimum) every day. Ask the working class in Chicago how they feel about it now. Ask the south side residents living under the poverty line in gang infested neighborhoods how they feel about illegal immigrants being given cell phones and debit cards and free hotel rooms in their cities. Ask them how they feel about now having another demographic to compete with for jobs and resources, a group that will get more attention because they’re vote hasn’t been secured yet.
Ask New Yorkers how they feel about all of their hotels being used as boarding houses, or the huge uptick in crime and lack of resources. The price school kids are paying while their schools are being taken over as sanctuary camps. These are all sanctuary cities rhetorically.
Not actually.
They have no infrastructure to support any notion of sanctuary, they just force sanctuary on a federal level on states who are forced to deal with it. And BOY how their opinions changed when actually faced with the consequences.
The Texas scenario is simply a symptom of the actual problem;
It is far too easy to immigrate to the US illegally, and far to hard to immigrate legally.
Compounding that problem is that both the left and right WANT illegal immigration. The left wants a growing voting demographic to pander to residing in key districts, and the right wants the cheap labor to keep overall agriculture / factory costs down.
There is so much purposely left out of this video to push an obvious narrative. And, of course, the “journalist” spewing this rhetoric don’t have to live in / with the consequences, or pay for the policies.
It’s amazing how far this channel has slipped into the oil slick puddle oblivion of CZcams narrative driven clickbait.
You forgot this one... the current administration rescinded remain in Mexico... the video made it sound like they kept it.
@@teafortwo9307
That one and maaaaany more.
Absolutely correct.
Calling it a war is a little strong, don't you think? Especially given that it's not a war, but more of a legal stand off.
That's what I keep telling myself. How is it a war with no gunfire
In a sense it is a war. It's protecting citizens rights. It's a stand against Injustice. A fight/war can be weaponless. But open to using force.
@@equine2020 the concept of a "weaponless war" is a very dangerous concept. It allows war to be considered a paint brush term. When it is clearly not a paint brush term for good reason.
It's like saying that January 6, or the capital hill occupied protest was a revolt. When in reality, they were riots/protests.
In fact you could say that what the Texan government is doing can be considered a protest against the federal government in the name of state rights.
In regards to rights, it is not about citizen rights, but state rights. Governor Abbott has said as much.
So no, it is not a war, not yet.
@@igkslife
I don't think you're understanding my comment.
So it may be hard to explain.
You hear the comment of a cancer patient fighting the " war" of their life.
It's an expression meaning your life is involved.
It's still not a war.
An embarrassing number of inaccuracies is this video.
I'm positive if you aren't from Texas you can't understand Texas. The Secede Texas movement is loved by Texans but not taken seriously among the majority of us. Its like an inside joke for Texans.
But as a Texan I can tell you the immigration issue is taken very, very seriiously. Outside of Houston and Austin you will find little support. Thank you for pointing out how its the population of Denmark. This is leading to crime and homelessness every where in the state. And it is an open border and any other characterization is false. They amplified the numbers that dont do anything when the Biden administration stopped Trumps policies and illegals knew it was their last chance potentially. They are economic migrants. Few are facing persecution.
One warning to illegals its not worth it.
Also CHINA and multiple NGO's are helping them from Ecuador to the US border not just cartels. Thats warfare IMO. China waging an opium war and migrant war against a government that they have bribed the PRESIDENT of. Its a huge problem.
By the way the border patrol union is against the current state of affairs as well as the border obstructions.
Unfortunately it is worth it. They make money from crime and drugs and working tax free
Have to disagree. Anyone with a logical thinking brain can understand the issues.
This is a repeat of the Civil War. A bully govt telling you how to live. To obey them. Your rights don't count.
Role my eyes 👀 immigrate not bad as you think and drug problem only gets worse drug war . Legalize all drugs makes more sense . You people stuck 1920 banking alcohol didn’t work
@notmyself2533, so if we make all guns legal, it would stop gun crimes, too? Brilliant!
Saying secession would not be legal, or possible is a highly debated topic. So saying they cannot succeed is wrong.
The US is 50 stars joined as an economic union setup for interstatecommerce, Texas would go bankrupt pretty quickly
There's already a brain drain ongoing
Quote Houston chronicle
Far-right legislative extremism in Texas is leading to a cataclysmic brain drain that is eventually going to cripple the growth of the Lone Star state
In the thumbnail (at the time of this comment), there is a saguaro cactus. Saguaros do not grow in Texas, they grow only in the Sonoran Desert which is in Arizona and Mexico
Thank you for information.
Haha I genuinely love that, in a divisive and politically charged video, this is your biggest take away and grievance 😂
@@ChuckThree Sounds like you’re the one grieving over a comment.
It is apparently “so unique it’s been named arizonas flower” lol I looked it up I’m like maybe it can be brought to Texas. Or has been. It’s hasn’t been.
Relax. Texas just wants to appropriate it. Like they do with Mexican vaquero (cowboy) culture.
We can leave anytime we want. You know why? Cause if we choose to leave whenever we want, who’s gonna stop us?
The same goes for any other state.
As a Texan, I'm not necessarily for seceding but would be perfectly fine with uniting with the other red states to expelled all of the blue states from the union
@@jbcoker the Union’s toast. We’re managed and controlled by LA/Washington/NYC. They got no interest in issues plaguing the flyover country or the Deep South.
The only solution I see is to break away peacefully, maintain good relations, but make our decisions ourselves.
@@jbcoker TX is the tipping point. Should TX secede, I anticipate many states to join the Southern Alliance.
If I lead my family through a known amd active minefield, that would be fault. If I knowingly lead my children into danger, they should be taken from me.
I a Chinese immigrant living in Texas. While Texas has an unique history of being an individual nation, there is nobody I know of is actually serious about independence. There have always been a tiny fringe group in Texas that are talking about it, but that has always been around long before the current events. While most Texans are truly frustrated with the federal government practically ignoring the illegal immigration (myself included), almost everyone wants to make the change by changing the system, not by leaving the country.
This is true and I have also been in Texas my whole life
谢谢您。 您的英语不错！
True.
Dude, when Belarus was a part of the USSR, there was also just a "tiny fridge" group that were talking about independence. In fact, during the last referendum that was taken in the USSR, about 77% of the population of Belarus was against leaving the union, and only about 20% were for it, numbers, that are quite similar to the ones Texas has now, with about 60-80% of people opposing cesession, and only about 20% of people agreeing that Texas should secede.
And yet, in 1991, the president of the Russian Federation (Yeltsin) and the President of Belarus (Shushkevich) in 1991 agreed that Belarus leaves the USSR, even though the president of the USSR (Gorbachev) was against it, but he was hesitant to intervene and arrest the cesessionist members of the government, and so Belarus got independent, even though most of the Belarussian population was against the cesession.
Now, it might be a bit more difficult for Texas to do it, because the Constitution of the USA is quite strict about this matter, but really all it takes is for the Supreme Court of the USA, the government of Texas and some powerful faction in Washington DC to be compliant with secession, and nothing would prevent Texas from leaving the USA, just as nothing prevented Belarus from leaving the USSR.
It would be a total economic, environmental and societal catastrophy that would probably lead to surges in poverty, health problems and child mortality, but it is possible, unfortunately.
A tiny fringe is all that's ever needed. Nearly 90% of American colonists were LOYALISTS in 1776.
Here's the problem: It's being made to look bad that a lady and her infant children, among others, can drown crossing the river. While it is tragic, never mind the fact that they shouldn't be crossing through the water of the river to begin with. If anything, Texas should be commended for deterring people from trying to cross in an illegal and life threatening manner. Texas isn't trying to keep people that are immigrating out completely. Texas just wants them to do it through the proper channels.
It's like Australia where we sent back anyone trying to illegally arrive by boat(generally massively overloaded and decrepit ships coming from sri Lanka). It stopped people from drowning when the ships sank. Our legal immigration rate is among the highest in the world, but if you want to live here you have to ask, not demand.
Mind you our ridiculously high immigration rate pisses plenty of people off as it is. Nothing to do with who is coming, just that it's too much for the country to handle. Housing prices keep skyrocketing and there is a massive rental crisis where full time workers can't find anywhere available. Our federal government sets the immigration rate, but our state governments have to provide all the infrastructure and planning. It's a little surprising that more of our states aren't getting annoyed with our federal government.
If they really left I’d immediately move there lol
Headline should Read: Why has Washington DC Declared War on Texas, not the other way around!
No, the headline should read: Texas and Washington play political football over an issue that doesn't matter right before an election!
@@realkekz The quantity of the population of Denmark has illegally entered the united states in 3 years and you think it's a non-issue?
@@lurker993 yeah basically
I thought the US is a federation. If the constituents are not allowed to leave, it is not a federation.
No because Texas is rich and the US would lose a lot of money if they left.
Texas looks a lot like Alberta, seriously. To the point that on the Canadian side, there have been 2 movements: one to secede from Canada, but also one to become the 51st American state...
I’m a Texan and there are a lot of similarities. From disagreements with the federal government to our large energy companies interest. Albertans also seem a bit ‘cowboy’ to me.
51st*
@@TRAZ4004 indeed, also the pride to extract oil and the anger against "insert federal capital city" to steal that oil
"2 movementS" would have been the first mistake I'd corrected, but if you say so
What two movements are you referencing? There’s never been a referendum… just a loud and vocal micro-minority complaining to leave. The only province that has seriously looked into leaving Canada has been Quebec.
Remain in Mexico is a major difference In the Biden Admin vs Trump and Obama administration
We're being colonized but not by people with advanced technology and higher sophistication. It's a new underclass to bring bottom and the key middle down.
I think you are underestimating the seriousness of this movement. Half of the country is fed up with the federal policies, they are not finding a middle ground on any issue.
In the past, despite party affiliation, there was a common understanding that we are all in the same team. Now it fees like we are at the begging stages of a nasty divorce. I pray to Gd that the elections will go smoothly
The elections will not "go smoothly" lmao, last time Trump called them rigged and if he loses will surely do again
Anyways isn't it more like a third à third then à third who are apolitical? Either way I agree with you, depending on circumstsnces we could see a second USA civil war within our lifetimr
Ya, the situation on the border is so dire that it can wait until 2025. Since it's Donald Trump who actually runs the state.
Texas is Texas, the land of big egoes and small minds.
Texas ! The land of big egoes and small minds.
Yes, the situation on the border is so dire that it can wait until 2025.😂 But then they would have one less thing to whine about.
Considering it's Trump, I doubt it. Pity the democrates seem set on putting forth options that ONLY have a chance as a vote against Trump. Imagine if they chose someone people liked.
It’s not fair to say half the country is fed up with federal policies, that’s a really broad, vague comment. There’s nuance to the issue of immigration but to secession there is no nuance. You’re either a traitor like the confederates or you’re not. The Supreme Court and certain founding fathers have addressed this issue and Texas republicans having a bitch fit is just that
May the people of Texas liberate themselves from the oppressive federal government 🫡
Long live Texas!
A country can have generous welfare programs or an open border, but not both at the same time. This invasion is totally unsustainable!
Right. The problem is we aren't addressing the cause of this "invasion". Tanks to men like Kissinger, all the coups we supported left regions unstable. Our drug war has also fueled the growth of cartels and crime. We are reaping the whirlwind.
@@Mahbuvisual politic is lying by omission. They intentionally left out all the executive orders Biden made on his first day. They redirect the cause to the problems that other countries have while ignoring all the Chinese and Arabs shoeing up at the border.
Invasion????
@@NoName...... Millions of people broke the law and came here without permission, are a massive financial burden to the tax payers, it's totally unsustainable.
When it is separation of Territory on the west - than it is movement and shenanigans, when it happens on the east- it is freedom fighters and fighting of oppressed.
Yeah, Texas has as much chance of seceding as California would. Both states economy were built upon the American economy and to secede would be too costly. This is just something they do to pressure Federal government into action. This doesn't mean the Fed, Biden administration & Congress aren't innocent of creating this mess. The whole rhetoric that the Dems & Biden were spewing about Trump's immigration policy & afterwards was just more encouragement for illegal immigration. It put them between a rock & hard place when it came to policy. Keep in mind these illegals also include Chinese, Africans, Caribbeans & others who paid to get smuggled. This going to keep continuing until congress actually fixes the problem or the immigration system stops working altogether. I would say this should be a lesson in paying attention to what & how you say something but the Republicans will just complain about the border without offering solutions while Democrats will push for amnesty while using this issue to help bolster the number of seat that they have in the house of representatives. The system has only allowed the most cynical of decision making to happen by all parties involved. Biden is right to want to fix the issue at the root but this is his second time & well you can't fix a corrupt country's economy with money alone, this is his 2nd attempt at this already.
The woman drowned up river from eagle pass btw.
"Why Has Texas Declared War on Washington DC?"
Because DC has declared war on Texas and all other states in the US. DC *started it all*.
Even I as a New Zealander can see that.
As a Kiwi you probably don’t know the D.C. is more akin to a municipal government. The D.C. has nothing to do with running the rest of the U.S.
@@billsmith5109 D.C. is the federal district that is the seat of the Federal Government. It appears this Kiwi is much more aware than you are.
I’m a Texan and I’ve worked down at the border in the past. It’s not exactly easy with everything going on. I’ve talked to oil field workers who’ve seen children wondering in the middle of the desert or dead bodies. I’m sure there’s many dead that yet to be discovered. Still I do not want to succeed. That would make 10s of millions of people’s lives absolutely miserable
That’s terrible. I live in the north and never get to hear what people are experiencing near the border because the media won’t cover what’s going on.
Texas is a special place. Always treated me good as veteran and being stationed there. I like how simple they make things. They got it right
I now live in Florida but my family in Texas and believe me Texas ain’t goin nowhere fr they just wanna be heard as always 😂
What if they aren't listening anymore?
The USA needs to look to Australia on how they handle their illegal immigration. Turn back the boats!
It’s unacceptable the amount that are coming over illegally. Come over the right way
One way Texas could maybe put pressure on the federal government is to use the UN law on self-determination, the law also allows wiggle room for secession in the case of decolonisation. Technically the Union Army colonised the confederate states through war and forced a treaty on them. Worth a shot...
Typical that leftists think that bureaucracy is at the top level of all discourse, within texas alone there is enough armed right wing dissidents to effectively stop a military action cold.
Field combat of Ukraine is not at all the same as the MOUT combat of what would be seen in texas. Not to mention that a 1/3 of most ground combat oriented branches of the military would mutiny against the federal government.
The United States military could not effectively quell the insurgency in Iraq, and could not stop the resistance of the Taliban.
Urban combat is a completely different beast and there's no room for a "fallujah" in any texas city, there's nowhere for civilians to go to facilitate the military fighting armed right wing dissidents.
That means, every single time the United States military used a tank or a bomb or a plane or a missile, on an urban setting they'd be losing the optics and public relations war and putting distrust in civilians.
The United States military branches not having the home advantage means encampments and facilities and checkpoints would be under constant risk while armed dissidents moved throughout the city in relative anonymity, the dissidents would know where the military was but the military could not track down all the dissidents, and would get ambushed if they tried.
It took 18 months for 250k UAF combat troops to die in combat against Russia the United States armed services have at most around maybe if they're lucky on a good day just under 500k trigger pullers who are actually fighting.
While droves hundreds of thousands of armed men with constitutionalist values pour in from other states pour in to fight the government in such a scenario.
A civil war in the United States is unwinnable by the United States armed forces if they go up against armed right wing dissidents.
Great report. As usual your hallmarks are clarity, a plethora of well-sourced factual data, incisive analysis, and a moderate stance. Josh, your presentation skills are first rate.
[Tiny quibble: (voice-over) The word 'secession' _(sә-SESH-әn)_ mustn't be said like _succession (sәk-SESH-әn).]_
Texan here, nobody wants to leave the union.
The major issue we are facing all across the country is the political elites don’t represent the will of the people or act in the best interest of the nation. Essentially that is taxation without representation. The Declaration of Independence is the foundational document of our nation and supercedes the Constitution. I don’t know where the exact tipping point will occur but it is absolute madness for the federal government to ignore its duties and put the border states in a position where their constituents demand that local governments act. If people believe that they are not being heard then at some point they will resort to violence.
It's not ignoring its duty, though. Texas is literally preventing border agents from doing their job. A bipartisan border bill with many concessions to conservatives with very little for the democrats was blocked by a handful of REPUBLICAN congressmen. They people who were getting everything they basically asked for still said no.
Almost like they are manufacturing this crisis.
@@Mahbuthe federal government isn't stopping or even slowing the flow of migrants in the slightest
Their border agents aren't enforcing the law, and migration has skyrocketed
If the feds are unwilling to do so, then states like Texas have a right to defend themselves against this invasion
Yes, and the first thing Texas should do would be to do something against the republicans and Trump who prevented the bill from passing. Texas should definitely not stop the border patrol from doing their job.
@@DetectiveRackham Texas as a single state can't single handedly shove through policies in DC, what they can do in the meantime is defend their goddamn borders from an invasion while lawmakers bickering elsewhere
Regardless of what happens in DC, Texas has the right to guard the Rio Grande and stop these people coming in, better it be razor wire than machine guns
And if border patrol wants to do their job by letting people IN to the country, then they should be booted out of the state and let someone else actually cease the interminably high flow
Its because we are now governed by the finance elite...
I think the social experiment would be interesting. Separate the US states into conservative and liberal states and see who thrives. As they have done with Phoenix, Austin, and idaho, i think the liberals would try to move to conservative states over time.
Interesting, but for a while now don't red states have less wealth and receive more federal aid? Texas would be the exception to this though.
See, we already kinda have this. Most blue states send more money to the federal government than they take. Most red states take more federal money than they give to the government.
The real "welfare queens" are red states.
Texas is about the only exception and they are, surprise, purple.
The answer to the possibility of political separation is _always_ *yes.*
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER.
But you'll still want your Social Security check and Medicare.
@@gabedellafave4655 don't forget all the money the Fed spent in Texas
@lloyritchey Totally agree!
@@gabedellafave4655 Texas is one of the wealthiest states, it can easily fund itself.
@@sherlockwho5714 Texas provides more money to the federal government than they do in return. It has a massive GDP and a rapidly growing economy, it can easily fend for itself, at least in terms of money.
i can't understand how so many people must suffer and work hard for a mother who tries to illegally cross a river , risking her life and her children's. she made the choice, she acted herself, she suffered the consequences. its no one else's fault and should not mean the door must be opened to others.
NO!
this is ludacris! ask americans what do they think about this open border policy? kept spouting crap.
The banks endorse it
There is no open border policy, it's just that the economic situation in the US has so drastically improved in the past 3 years that people want to move there again.
@@RubyDoobieScoo It could be called a no border policy.
The court ruling on secession stated that the issue had been settled throught the civil war meaning another civil war could work or a new amendment. I prefer the latter.
The videos on this channel become more abstract and irrelevant from time to time. But thanks for making the effort to shed light on niche topics. For me, the development is more positive. I can get enough of the "current thing" elsewhere.
Stop watching this channel a while ago and clicked on this video literally just a comment on how stupid and misleading the title and thumbnail are. Texas isn't going anywhere Texas needs America and America needs Texas, period.
@@neutraltoxic Fully agree.
I'm a Scot, and so I've always looked on Texas as a the kind of 'Scotland of the US' 😂 - Bavaria has a similar place in Germany - My advice is, don't leave. I know they're annoying, but just work to address the problems, trust me.
As Englishman iv always seen the uk as a European Texas it’s always interesting to see others people views
If they're anything like Bavaria the US should forbid any political activity coming from Texas.
@@RubyDoobieScoothen Texas will just leave! The US is a federation comprised of several states. By the constitution a federation can split apart
@@ulrichleukam1068 No it can't, 11 states tried it once already so their citizens could continuing owning black people and it didn't work out well. Get an education.
I live in Texas and I’m pro us leaving if Biden keeps screwing around!
Full support for Texas to become independent 💪💪💪
The mexican jumper drowned well before officers were there...
Something tells me that if it _were_ the total population of Denmark to want to migrate into the US, this would play out a bit differently…
No
@@POLITICUS-DANICUS yeah it would be different to them. Nevermind the Danes have it better than we do in many regards
Well Danish people are very highly educated and productive, they are also very law abiding so yes it probably would go differently. For a start they wouldn't have been beating up cops in NYC.
@@Jake12220oh yea Europeans are so civilized and peaceful. Not like they’ve started two world wars and about to trigger a third
@@Jake12220 you mean like those people on January 6th who beat up cops in DC and then whined about going to jail.
By the way the people who you are complaining about are just as law abiding as you.
Ps did your family meet those qualifications?
No one asks how the top cocaine customer ruined Central America during the 70s and 80s. Let’s overlook that part.
Only a time machine can predict the independence of Texas.
When Texas isn’t fairly heard , it should be allowed to leave the union…😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Agreed, and that goes for any state.
something random i think i can add. i looked at a book about medical schools and it said that if you apply to medical school in the USA, you'll do it with the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS), unless you live in and want to go to medical school in Texas because Texas has their own Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS). When I read that, I wondered out loud if this was a Texan desire to separate from the US and kinda laughed it off lol. The book is over ten years old btw
Texas is just like a lawyer they are representing the American people
Indiana is with you
It’s wrong that Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona have to deal with this crisis alone, the burden of trying to sustain millions of people every year while states like New York and Illinois actively work against them to make this burden even harder. This is why it’s so important that these border states continue to send the migrants to other states. It’s easy to say there is no crisis and to just label Texas as racist when you don’t have to carry any of the burden.
You as an economic and political content maker, you shall only reflect the truth and let your viewers decide.
Unfortunately, your tendency to left makes your videos valueless.
You can publicly announce as yourself as AOC, Omar or Talib’s propaganda system.
😅 why is there a saguaro cactus in the thumbnail ? If there's actually no saguaros in TX.
I hope you know as a man that was that is Born and raised in the state of Texas. We're taught that we're still country and we only listen to those guys cause choose to.
This is 100% true, it’s in your constitution, y’all even have a sovereign military
You're still country, just not _a_ country.
I'm a Texan born and raised. I have been to every level of schooling the state provides. Never once did I have anyone teach me that Texas is its own country.
That is the propaganda of the daughters of the Confederacy. People who were angry they lost the civil war.
Most Texans don't even consider the BS coming out of Austin as good for anyone.
@vrillionaire88 no its not. As a Texan who has a law degree I can say it doesn't.
As a fellow Texan, it isn't really a choice. From K-12, you really don't get to choose what you learn in schools, as it's chosen by school boards, angry authoratative parents who show up to school board meetings, or in the case of private schools, the school itself, who really know or care little about what their children want to learn about.
Most kids want to learn more about the world around them, but they can't if books are being banned, and mythology is being taught in schools.
Texas never signed that declaration saying we would not or could not succeed back to being our own country
Why stop the construction of the wall?
Because it doesn't stop the problem.
@@freetolook3727 but it helps, also having a public position against migrants deterrs them
Really? Texit? Tax what, DC? (Althoug that might be a good idea...)
We didn’t declare war, but we can’t afford to carry the burden of failed policy and enforcement
If Federal Govt did there job, TX wouldn’t have to waste duds doing their job
Nationalize the Texas National Guard. Then send them to arrest Abbott for secession.
This video has left a sour taste in my mouth. The truth I have built over the years in this channel is suddenly shattered by these videos
Is our host stoned in this video? Or is that just me
Perhaps they could agree to greater devolution of powers rather than full independence?
If the US goverment just manages a minimum of national issues and lets each state manage everything else, including control of their own borders.
Thats how it was originally meant to work. Slowly the federal government took control of ever more things and made the states subjects of the federal government, when the fed was originally meant to serve the states by providing things like a national military and arranging international trade deals.
I would love to see the states cut the bloated federal government back down to size, not only in America but here in Australia where we suffer from the same issue (thankfully to a slightly lesser extent).
Yeah, no. I've seen where that goes. We fought a war over this.
The Republican of Texas Again !!!
I'd love to see them become independent
Academic exercise: compare and contrast the history of the territory now named Texas starting from 1500AD to the history of the territory I name, “Beautiful Sweet Potato Island,” starting from 1600AD. Spain gets significant mention in both of these histories.
That is concertina wire not Bobwire it’s not razor wire it is Constantina wire
CANADA STAND WITH TEXAS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
6 million is all they intercepted. Its somewhere around 20 million.
Yea let's give $4b to countries with huge corruption problems. What could go wrong.....
$4b try 100s of billions now!
@@Mbabbb399 I'm just talking about biden and central America. Yes hundreds of billions to other countries, Ukraine mainly, with huge corruption problems
Nope.
Oh this isn't a war if it was a war it would become a hole lot more bloody just pray that the stupidity between my fellow brothers and sisters calm down and we can focus on trying to find a way to handle this properly and not put feelings in this.
Another enlightening Visual Politic episode. I was really wondering why there was an internal battle the US was fighting between states over Illegal immigration that seemed so silly. Why was New York forced to accept immigrants from Texas and its own population suffering from it? Why did Elon Musk even share his own reporting from the US-Mexico border that showed how dire the situation was from the POV of border security forces? For some reason NOBODY, except this Visual Politic episode mentioned that there is an INCREASING number of economic, and many political, immigrants fleeing countries that are unable to deal with their own problems. The US remains the shining destination and its politicians are exploiting the threat for their own benefits. This is truly an international problem washing over US borders as well as European borders that is causing the same havoc with the local population. The democratic, capitalism of the US has won as the best system for wealth management which countries like China that adopted only part of it cannot replicate. Chinese refugees fleeing China and arriving thousands of kilometres at the US border are stark evidence of the failure of the Chinese economic experiment.
Imagine if a country allowed thieves to leave custody without bail, let them keep what they stole, refused to put out an arrest warrant when they refused to show up for their court date, and paid them to commit the crimes. You really think such a policy would have no effect on crime rates?
If Texas ever manages to secede from the union, it won't happen unless or until America has a "great divorce" where red states secede from their blue cities and vice versa because national politicians on both sides are like transatlantic colonial masters who don't know the people they allegedly represent and are unwilling to let them govern themselves. The entire reason America seceded from Britain and created its own Constitution and Bill of Rights was so that individual communities could be allowed to rule themselves by their own cultural standards under the umbrella of common law. If one side can abuse federal power to turn Texas into California, the other side can abuse the same power to turn New York into Florida, and the ones who lose in both scenarios are "We the People."
Why did they stop building the wall?
The UK Brexited and people regretted it.
The question should be in reverse
Any state can secede if a strong majority supports independence.
Why remove river balls?
Appears other states need to leave, form their own government. One with intelligranc, values, & follow God's laws.
Closed borders. The citizens come 1st.
Why doesnt Biden get along with Texas again?
Let them come, make them citizens, let them get jobs and then pay taxes.
I need my lawn mowed cheap.
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Wow this is definitely clickbait
Western cape south africa where i am from also wants to be independent but the DA is blocking it
you should go there first before acting as if you truly know what's going on !!
So this is where Alex, from CarThrottle, is hiding.
Nah. There won't be any secession. Texams are Americans. Its just talk.
Yes Texas please go away.
I love it how this video is leaning towards the left. Just shows how radical these people are to others on the right actually trying to do something about the border crises.
What has happened to the voice over audio (spefically) in the last few episodes? It's degraded drastically; tinney, pops, chops. Sounds like it's AI generated and dubbed over.
As a Wisconsinite i do believe Texas would miss out on some good cheese were they to succeed.
We have to protect our borders, the feds aren't doing anything, so I'm with Texas on this one
Republican don't want Texas to secede as much as Democrats don't want California to secede. Those secessions will subtract large chunk of their electoral votes. 😅
It's similar (but different, but still similar) reason of why Puerto Rico is in limbo, and US didn't annex the entire Mexico at the end of US-Mexico war. There was (and is) a party that will see the electoral vote balance is disrupted unfavorably.
Texas should propose an amendment that weakens the 14th!
I am as liberal as they come and even I do not understand Biden's stance. Even just from a political stand point this does not make sense especially in an election year.
US Americans… the people from Central America are Americans as well. Love the channel but please get this right :)
immigrants are a strategic play that takes jobs and idk how this effects interest rates but banks and loans are intrinsically linked to immigrants
The cactus on the thumbnail is a saguaro and does not exist in Texas. Despite being an iconic desert plant, saguaros are indigenous to the Sonoran Desert which is contained within the US states of Arizona & California and the Mexican states of Sonora & Baja.
Did I just hear political shenanigans?
Self determination is a right ya diddy
unbelievable, I thought they were independent journalists as they claim to be. ...