Nikki Haley: Texas has the right to secede from the United States if it wants to

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Spoiler alert: No, it fucking doesn't.

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No way! What’s Vermont’s story?!

Here. Basically, some people carved out a territory and lived as a republic for fourteen years, despite no formal recognition. They were negotiating to rejoin Quebec, until the British had to go and surrender at Yorktown.

The battle of Yorktown.

Seventeen Eighty-One.