In recent times, Americans have felt unprecedented pressure under the double blow of material shortages and severe inflation. Trump has been away for more than a year. Biden, who originally appeared as a "savior", not only failed to protect the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but could not even protect their lives. As a result, many people turned their anger towards the US government and questioned the legitimacy of the Biden administration. The first to "resist" were Republicans in Texas .
Last week, the Texas Republican state convention passed several crazy resolutions. They refuse to recognize Biden as the legitimate president of the United States, and at the same time once again plan to promote a "referendum" for Texas to secede from the United States.
Although Trump lost to Biden in the 2020 election, conservative forces in Texas still believe that there was fraud in the U.S. presidential election that year. They determined that Biden was not a president legitimately elected by the American people, and that he came to power based on electoral fraud. In addition, some Republicans are also calling for the passage of a bill to restart a "referendum" in 2023 to separate Texas from the United States and become an independent country.
Although these resolutions have no legal significance, they also illustrate the aspirations of the people from one aspect. At least in Texas, the local people don't buy into the decision of the White House , so they want to go independent. But the actions of the Texas Republican Party are seen by some as provoking a "American Civil War."
" New York Times " stated that Texas' denial that Biden is the president of the United States shows that the conservative forces in Texas have begun to transition to the far right.
Texas was originally the territory of the Republican Party. In the past 40 years, Texans have been supporting Republican presidents. Currently, both the Senate and the House of Representatives in Texas are firmly controlled by Republicans, and their admiration for Trump is obvious. Even though Trump himself does not mention the so-called election fraud, conservative forces in Texas will It was taken as truth and repeated over and over again in public.
This is a very dangerous signal. Perhaps it will mean that Texas Republicans will no longer hide their extremist ideas and openly make their voices heard, which may be the beginning of division in the United States.
Of course, it may be an exaggeration to say that the United States is divided. But the distance between Texas and other states in the United States has always been very obvious, both historically and culturally. Therefore, the independent movement called Texit has never stopped.
In fact, Texas became independent from Mexico in 1836. After being the "Lone Star Republic" for 9 years, it was finally incorporated into the United States in 1845 and became the "Lone Star State". This is the second largest state in the United States after California , with 38 electoral votes . Although the Lone Star State has fought for independence many times in its history, it ultimately failed.
But the situation may be different now. First of all, what Texans are facing is not a president like Washington or Lincoln who is loved by the people, but Biden who has made a mess of the military and US domestic affairs. Not only is his speech stumbling and incoherent, his health is worrying, and more importantly It is the matters that Biden cares about that have completely separated from American lives and families. It is no wonder that the British media publicly stated that this is the worst president in American history.
What's even more serious is that the United States is currently facing a serious economic crisis. Even if the Federal Reserve violently raises interest rates , it will be difficult to change the pessimistic expectations. According to Bloomberg's forecast, the probability of the United States experiencing an economic recession in the first quarter of 2024 is 72%. Biden is obviously not the candidate in the public's mind to turn the tide.
Simply put, Biden messed up everything and brought a serious crisis to all Americans. Looking back at the Republicans' resolution, although there is no legal basis, the anger against Biden and the desire to escape the mess in the United States is very urgent and real.
Before, the United States had a strong national power, and it could ensure that the centripetal force of each state was greater than the centrifugal force , , making it almost impossible for major chaos to occur. However, now that the U.S. economy is in recession, who can guarantee that the "Lone Star State" will really not turn into the "Lone Star Republic" again?
