Texas Republicans are insisting on a referendum to decide whether the state should secede from the U.S., even adding it to the party's official platform. But a government professor from UT-Austin told the KRLD Morning News it's just an empty threat because the state cannot secede.
"The Civil War established that states can't secede," associate professor Eric McDaniels said. "I think one of the things that people keep thinking about is that when Texas joined the union there was something about Texas being able to break up into five states because of its size, but that does not mean the state can secede."
Hear the rest of KRLD's interview with professor McDaniels below.
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