Just read another article about the inclusion of secessionist language in the Texas GOP platform. It sure seems like they're actually a little bit serious about this - completely oblivious to just how dumb they sound. Ted Cruz (in November): "We're not there yet, and if there comes a point where it's hopeless, then I think we take NASA, we take the military, we take the oil."
Ummmm, I wonder what percentage of military stationed in Texas are actually *from* Texas? How about NASA employees? They'd be gone faster than a Saturn V rocket. Do they have any idea how easy it would be for an organized, modern military with sound command and control infrastructure to sweep through and plink off all those rugged individualists equipped with nothing but small arms in their F-150s? Sure, Ukraine is standing up to Russia - but that's because when Russia invaded, Ukraine had an established military with 255,000 soldiers. Who is going to be the Texas Secretary of Defense, and how is he going to assemble, train, equip, and command an army? It was a teensy bit easier to convert private arms and private horses to military use back in the civil war days, and the military command and control communicated via letters just like everyone else (and just like their adversaries). Good luck building up a modern force in time to protect yourselves, numbskulls. Reconstruction 1.0 was clearly not enough.