Texas GOP Website Crashes After Push for Vote to Secede From U.S.

[TexasTowelie]

The party's state convention over the weekend was muddled with several incidents, including a right-wing activist berating Representative Dan Crenshaw as well as backlash over banning a group of gay Republicans from setting up a booth at the convention.

But parts of their policy platform have drawn significant attention—and criticism. The party voted on measures that, if passed, would urge state lawmakers to secede from the United States and support a complete abortion ban.

On Monday, as reports over the controversial policy positions spread across social media, the state party's website appeared to be down. Links to the website only yielded a page that read: "Error establishing a database connection," rather than the website itself. The website was also down for at least part of the weekend, as well.

The state party had not issued an official statement on the outage, and Newsweek reached out to the party's press office for comment Monday afternoon.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-gop-website-crashes-after-push-for-vote-to-secede-from-u-s/ar-AAYG3j4

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Proof the secession has begun! /nt

[Walleye]

2. They want to be an independent nation but they can't even run a decent website?

[Lovie777]

5. Nor a grid system besides other things . ..

mass shootings galore.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

3. The political equivalent

Of I'm taking my ball and going home.

[randr]

4. I recall an old chant when Americans express displeasure with our Government

If you don't love it, leave it.
More applicable in the present.

[thomski64]

6. It's well established that States .

....can not secede from the Union.
I believe that was during President
Lincoln's administration. However,
there doesn't seem to be precedent
as to weather a State could be expelled,
or, perhaps better, sold to Mexico.

[Maraya1969]

8. I thought that is what they did. The slave states all wrote letters saying they were

seceding because they needed their slaves for their economy. I read them years ago.

Perhaps this was some informal thing????? Or that they changed things after the civil war

[randr]

12. I am sure a lot of Texans would love to see

the magats scurry away to some distant island

[SWBTATTReg]

7. I heard from the grapevine from some of my friends that they tried signing on too, to have

TX secede from the US (to help the process along, basically saying, good, leave), they were unable to do so (because I guess DB (Data Base issues)), but the thought was a good one. But I do have good friends in TX, I'd hate to see them go to be honest w/ you.

[Zambero]

9. Texas GOP craps the bed

Then pushes for a vote to unplug its washing machine. Then again, the state's electric grid would eventually do the same.

[OrlandoDem2]

10. On a side note, I'm fine if Texas secedes. Good riddance. Texas DUers will need to move and you're

welcome in the other 49 states. Leave the Texas GOP to live in and run their own failed state.

[Paladin]

14. Kind of a hollow message, coming from Florida. (nt)

[OrlandoDem2]

15. I'm not here to defend the FL GOP. But secession? Good riddance, Texas.

[Paladin]

16. Just as long as you're happy. (nt)

[dixiechiken1]

11. Buh-bye.

Oh, and when Mexico comes to take their land back, don't come crying to us. You're on your own.

Good luuuuuucccckkkk!

[Jade Fox]

13. The idea that a bunch of MAGA nuts could run a country is laughable...

Not funny, but definitely laughable.