What would be the likely actions of the US government if Texas and Florida voted to secede from the US? I suppose some federal agents would continue to try to assert dominance within those states. Would the US government attend to coup the state governments of Texas and Florida, and essentially start a war with the two states?
Texas and Florida Secede Civil War
Parker Ward
Tyler Young
Are there nuclear bombs in these two places? If revolutionaries can't get nukes. Without nuclear deterrence, independence from the U.S. military is nearly impossible.
Ayden Carter
The question is how the US government would react to such moves. Would they try to coup the state governments of Texas and Florida, or would they peacefully allow them to complete their secession? Something would have to be done about all the federal prisoners in those states, and I'm not sure how the feds would react.
Camden Scott
This is a civil war thread.
Justin Gutierrez
not for long, thanks to you
Joseph Lee
Drone strikes
Ayden Wilson
If the US gets a further left president next election cycle, then it would be very likely secessionists could win a democratic vote in Texas. The governor at that time would just call a vote, and people who want to secede would be more likely to come out and vote. It would be a pretty easy win, but since the US government has so much invested into Texas, they would likely cause some trouble. Whatever bullshit the feds would try to put Texans through would look really bad, since Texans did vote to leave, after all. What would happen to all the federal prisoners? Would they be transferred out of Texas, and would Texas buy those prisons if they are owned by the US government? What would happen to all those military bases? Would Texas buy them and reimburse the US government? Would whatever Democrat is currently president have a Gorbachev moment and allow a peaceful secession?
Aaron Jenkins
The most polarized states in the country are still like a 65/35 split. It's comical to me that faggots like you think two states Republicans win by a few percentage points are going to secede without an internal civil war as well as an external one where the USA crushes them.
William Jones
If this happened (unlikely)
Many other souther states would probably follow suit. It's possible then that other states in the plains would be inclined to leave as well, causing a large rift. But from its onset it would cause infighting within those states. Militant groups would spring up seemingly-from-nowhere, where they've actually just been waiting for exactly such a moment.
These groups would vie in a power struggle while feds come in and assert power. The states that could curb their own guerilla rebels would stand a decent chance, and the fed would likely be unwilling to engage in a longterm war with its own people and instead seek diplomatic peace through large changes in policy and bribery via resources/political power. Texas would likely be one of the most stable of these states and stand the best chance. Florida would be fucked utterly hard by American navy.
Benjamin Anderson
Stop larping about it and DO IT, fat boy.