Mississippi legislator apparently floats secession after Biden victory

[BUtterfield 8 41,819]

A Republican state lawmaker in Mississippi apparently floated the idea of secession after President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, The Washington Post reports.

State Rep. Price Wallace (R) said Mississippi should "succeed from the union,” with the misspelled comment coming in response to a Twitter thread from fellow GOP state Rep. Robert Foster, the Post reported.

Foster had called for all “legal votes” to be counted before declaring a winner. The sentiment has become a rallying cry of the right since Biden’s victory.

“Not sure who all needs to hear this but we are not a Democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic. The majority does not rule, the law derived from a Constitution has the final say,” Foster said. “Democrats and their Fake News Cheerleaders are about to get a hard lesson in civics.” 

Foster then said that Republicans would accept the results after all “legal votes are counted and confirmed by their state legislatures.” He then asserted that Democrats “won’t accept the rule of law if it doesn’t end in their favor” while saying "I choose law and order over a Banana Republic." 

Wallace responded in a tweet that has since been deleted, writing, “We need to succeed from the union and form our own country.” Wallace’s Twitter account has also been made private.

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[bionic 50,111]

Southern states do this every time a Democrat wins, yet they're still here. NEXT!

[Snorlax 6,371]

As if they could support themselves without the help of Democratic states federal taxes. I wish they would do it 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

That didn't work out well the last time it happened.

[Ryusei 61,502]

Good luck

[Chromatislaps 34,854]

it's so funny, republicans say that they don't want federal rule and want independence and freedom, but when it comes to stuff like this they resort to the constitution/laws that were mandated on federal level Weirdos

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Let them. We don't want a lot of these red states anyway, they can all become their own country, and good luck with funding and running that thing considering none of these people wanna pay taxes and just want more and more tax cuts 

[holy scheisse 22,974]

K bye. 

[Batwings 12,958]

I live in Mississippi, and believe me, we're really not all as backwards as this fool. I live in a very blue college town, and we, the Jackson Metro area, and the Delta region ALWAYS go blue. It's all the rural counties that keep us red and keep electing idiots like this. 

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Let them. They rely massively on welfare. Makes me wonder how long they last.

[Jol 33]

1 hour ago, bionic said:

Southern states do this every time a Democrat wins, yet they're still here. NEXT!

2016: Trump Wins

Democrats: “NoT my pRESideNt”

2020: Biden Wins

Democrats: “They’re sore losers”

 

1 minute ago, Lion Heart said:

Let them. They rely massively on welfare. Makes me wonder how long they last.

Yes, Democrats do rely on welfare a lot.. So problematic...

[Lion Heart 15,041]

10 minutes ago, Jol said:

2016: Trump Wins

Democrats: “NoT my pRESideNt”

2020: Biden Wins

Democrats: “They’re sore losers”

 

Yes, Democrats do rely on welfare a lot.. So problematic...

You're not even good at this. MS is solidly Republican. Kindly **** off.

[Lona Delery 7,227]

 what are they gonna do without financial support provided by NY and CA

[Nemo 4,411]

It would be nice if Mississippi would succeed (not misspelled) at something, instead of being ranked #50 or near it in everything.

At least they finally took the Stars and Bars off their flag (which makes it a bad time to secede).

[imnotyourbabe10 6,120]