Thread by @JuddLegum, UPDATE: Allen West, the chairman of the @TexasGOP, says Texans should be [...]

UPDATE: Allen West, the chairman of the @TexasGOP, says Texans should be given an opportunity to vote to secede from the United States.

https://popular.info/p/the-texas-republican-party-has-gone

2. The @TexasGOP, which is now endorsing a "TEXIT" vote, is financed by a major corporations. Some top contributors over the last 4 years:

@AnheuserBusch (113K)
@ATT (125K)
@Verizon (115K)
@AltriaNews (145K) https://popular.info/p/the-texas-republican-party-has-gone

The Texas Republican Party has gone off the rails. Corporate America is along for the ride.

Three weeks ago, a deadly mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, leaving five dead. Many of those who participated in the riots are adherents of QAnon – an extremist ideology that alleges...

3. West also also adopted a QAnon mantra ("We are the storm") as the official slogan of the @TexasGOP

But the following corporations won't say whether they will continue to support the party.

https://popular.info/p/the-texas-republican-party-has-gone

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5. UPDATE: The geniuses at the @TexasGOP say that my initial tweet saying Allen West supports putting secession on the ballot was "missing context" and the context was West was directly asked if he supports it and said yes

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