AUSTIN, TEXAS ¨C Emboldened by Brexit, U.S. secessionists in Texas are keen to adopt the campaign tactics used to sway the British vote for leaving the European Union and are demanding ¡°Texit¡± comes next.
The citizen-driven vote in Britain can be a model for Texas, which was an independent country from 1836 to 1845, and its $1.6 trillion a year economy would be among the 10 largest in the world, said Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement.
¡°The Texas Nationalist Movement is formally calling on the Texas governor to support a similar vote for Texans,¡± the group said on Friday. The office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was not immediately available for comment.
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