# Ted Cruz says Texas should secede and "take the military" if Democrats "destroy the country

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**Created:** [November 10, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country/954094 "2021-11-10T05:39:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-cruz-says-texas-should-secede-and-take-the-military-if-democrats-destroy-the-country/954094/4 "2021-11-10T06:01:19Z")

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[You weren’t hallucinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-republicans-and-not-wanting-to-get-vaccinated/954004/29).

I’d be totally cool with letting Texas secede. It’s a golden chance to be rid of their toxicity and for them to do it on their own accord, no less. Military stays in the Union, though.

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