Texas Nationalist Movement Responds to the European Commission President's Texit Remarks
After the President of the European Commission publicly floated Texas independence, the Texas Nationalist Movement welcomed genuine support but refused to be a pawn in anyone's political games.
On March 30, 2017, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, surprised observers by publicly toying with the idea of Texas leaving the union.
“If he goes on like that,” Juncker said of the newly elected U.S. president, who had welcomed Brexit and encouraged other countries to follow, “I am going to promote the independence of Ohio and Austin, Texas, in the United States of America.”
The Texas Nationalist Movement answered plainly. If the European Commission's president wants to support Texas in rejoining the international community as an equal, then we say, welcome. If he wants to support Texit out of some misplaced wish to cause mischief within the United States, we say, thanks but no thanks.
World leaders jockey for position and influence every day, and President Juncker is far more likely to have his own interests in mind than those of the Texit movement. The Texas Nationalist Movement remains committed to securing an independence referendum for the people of Texas. Texans will do what is best for Texas, and we will not settle for being a pawn in anyone's political gamesmanship. Legitimate support for the right of Texans to determine our own future is always welcome.
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The Texas Nationalist Movement is the largest organization working to put a single question to the people of Texas in a binding, up-or-down vote: whether Texas should govern itself as an independent nation. 635,469 Texans across all 254 counties are on record in support. Learn more at tnm.me.