Will White House be forced to respond to Texas secession petition?

The more than 25,000 Sunshine Patriots who signed the petition to have Texas secede from the United States might get a response from the White House.

 

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Yahoo News:

 

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Looks like the Obama administration may have to respond to a petition seeking the green light for Texas to secede from the United States-one of 20 such requests filed on the official White House website since Election Day. At the time of the writing of this post, the Texas secession petition had garnered 25,318 signatures-above the White House’s self-imposed rules for requiring a reply.

 

(A “Recount the election!” petition filed Nov. 10 had 16,238 signatures. “Regulate Internet Pornography“? Not a big winner. It was filed Nov. 4 and had only 501 signatures.)

 

 

The White House may opt out of replying. Under its own rules, “To avoid the appearance of improper influence, the White House may decline to address certain procurement, law enforcement, adjudicatory, or similar matters properly within the jurisdiction of federal departments or agencies, federal courts, or state and local government in its response to a petition.”

 

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Other secession petitions include requests for Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, New Jersey, North Dakota, Montana, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, Alabama and New York. (Spoiler alert: No, the White House won’t approve secession.)

 

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No, the White House won’t approve secession. And yes, the signers are indeed sunshine patriots. To cut and run when things look bleak perfectly fits the description of Tom Paine, who wrote of them, …”the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country…” “Shrink” is what these so-called Americans are doing. Giving up. Surrendering. Is there any other way to describe their cowardice?

 

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com …

 

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