DeLay: Sure! We Can Secede. And The Senate Will Do All The Work

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Disgraced Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews earlier today and offered his full support to the idea, first proposed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, that Texas might secede from the United States. Watch:

Texas was a republic. It joined the Union by treaty. There’s a process in the treaty by which Texas could divide into five states. If we invoke that, and the last time it was voted on was 1985, the United States Senate would kick us out and nullify the treaty because they’re not going to allow 10 new Texas senators into the Senate. That’s how you secede.

We’re not exactly sure by what authority the Senate would “kick” Texas out of the union, but we’ll look into it–just as a technical matter, of course.

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