Damn.

GOP committee ends talk of secession at party convention

A Texas GOP committee struck secession language from a proposed party platform late Thursday, ending anticipation for an independence debate on the convention floor Friday.

Party leaders voted 16 to 14 in favor of nixing the language with one member abstaining. For now, that’s likely the end of a saga that drew national attention as an activist group ably advanced the call for Texas independence through the state GOP apparatus to the party convention, even as party leaders and most members scoffed at the notion.

It was the most high-profile emergence of Texas recurrent secessionist movement since the early 1990s, when the country watched a west Texas hostage situation unfold. Now advocates of the fringe agenda say they come away encouraged.

“The movement is growing,” wrote secession advocate Jesse Newberry on Facebook after the plank was tossed from the platform. “This isn’t a failure. It’s a success to have made it this far.”

Please don’t give up, assholes.

chron.com