The GOP candidate had said last week that states could secede if they felt the need to do so.

Nikki Haley, fresh off her Civil War history refresher on this week’s Saturday Night Live, appeared to remember what the Constitution allowed when it comes to state secession: nothing.

Haley again walked back her comments saying states could choose if they wanted to secede from the U.S., telling CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that she didn’t believe the Constitution afforded them that right. It came days after she told radio host Charlamagne tha God that states like Texas could “make the decisions that their people want to make.”

“According to the Constitution, they can’t,” Haley told CNN. “What I think they have the right to do is have the power to protect themselves and do all that. Texas has talked about that for a long time. The Constitution doesn’t allow for that.”

The GOP presidential candidate then tried to pivot to why Texas would consider such an option, citing Gov. Greg Abbott’s frustration with the Biden administration’s handling of the Southern border and the state’s desire to protect itself.

  • @AbidanYre
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    311 months ago

    The way I see it, the ones who don’t want to be part of the US should find somewhere else to live and renounce their citizenship.

    There is no mechanism for secession.

    • @[email protected]
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      -111 months ago

      Send me the money to get citizenship somewhere else and transportation to get there and I most certainly will. The Bill of Goods we were sold as children is totally inaccurate to what the country is now.

      • @AbidanYre
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        211 months ago

        What makes you think I care where you live? If you’re unhappy with your situation, fix it yourself. But we already decided that secession wasn’t an option back in the 1860s.

        • @[email protected]
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          -111 months ago

          Who is this “we” you are talking so much about, because I, sure as hell, wasn’t there. It may have been decided by our great-great grandparents, but we are not them, and can make different choices. Therefore, it may need to be decided again.

          • @AbidanYre
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            211 months ago

            That’s how settled law works. You want to go relitigate slavery too?

            I’d also like to point out that your idea of what secession means regarding citizenship and financial responsibilities is fantastically idiotic.