MAGA was always supposed to be about “taking our country back.” But do Donald Trump’s most ardent soldiers even want to be part of the United States of America?
Texas Republicans not only want to secede but also imagine that after backing out of our country, they would live in an Eden of their own creation where there are no state or federal income taxes. How this penniless republic would then fund even basic services, much less build infrastructure and raise an army, not even God knows. But the state’s record of running its own power grid isn’t a hopeful indicator.
Were this fantasy ever realized, of course, Republicans would elect no more American presidents. This year, such a withdrawal would mean that Democrats would hold both the House and Senate. And even the sort of tourists tempted to visit Texas’ beautifully restored Confederate monuments might be scared away by its pro-choice position on vaccinations of all kinds. Americans are generous people, so some of us would send humanitarian aid.
