This country has reached a boiling point. We could be heading down a path we haven’t seen in 160 years.
And Congress is in chaos after Nikki Haley spilled the beans on this state’s secession.
If Texas votes to secede from the United States, “they can do that,” Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday.
The former South Carolina governor minimized the chance that the Lone Star State will choose to secede from the nation, but asserted during an appearance on the Breakfast Club radio show that secession is a “right” of states.
“I think states have the right to make the decisions that their people want to make,” Haley said when asked by host Charlamagne Tha God about her views on secession in light of Texas’ border security disputes with the Biden administration.
“If Texas decides they want to do that. They can do that,” she added.
“If that whole state says, ‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ — I mean, that’s their decision to make,” the 52-year-old White House hopeful went on.
“But I don’t think government needs to tell people how to live, how to do anything. I mean, I think that we need to let freedom live.”
While the United States Constitution has no provisions that forbid a state from leaving the union, it does not specifically allow states the power to secede.
“I think, you know, states are going to make decisions,” Haley said.
“But let’s talk about what’s reality. Texas isn’t going to secede. That’s not something that they’re going to do.”
The Union’s victory over the Confederates in the Civil War, as well as the 1869 Supreme Court decision Texas v. White, which maintained that states cannot unilaterally secede from the United States, largely settled the question.
Haley went on to support Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s measures to prevent illegal border crossings, including installing razor wire along the border, which the Supreme Court decided could be cut down by federal authorities.
“He has to protect Texans,” Haley insisted.
Last month, Haley drew eyebrows when she refused to acknowledge slavery as the fundamental cause of the Civil War.
The next day, she backtracked, adding, “Of course, the Civil War was about slavery.”
According to a RealClearPolitics poll average, Haley is trailing former President Donald Trump by more than 30 points in the forthcoming South Carolina Republican primary, which will be held in her home state on February 24.
The Haley campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
NEW: Nikki Haley doubles down that Texas has the absolute right to secede.
“It’s a good issue on states rights… you do whatever it takes to protect your people and keep them safe.”
RT this video now! pic.twitter.com/DG6NkrNile
— Texas Nationalist Movement (TEXIT) (@TexasNatMov) February 1, 2024
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