Texas Nationalist Movement demands Gov. Greg Abbott hold special session to discuss 'TEXIT'

AUSTIN — Members of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM) marched into Gov. Greg Abbott's office Tuesday to demand the governor call a special legislative session to discuss the possibility of the Lone Star State seceding from the United States. Tuesday's visit to Abbott's office comes roughly two months after TNM hand-delivered a petition with nearly 140,000 verified signatures to the Texas GOP's headquarters requesting a non-binding "TEXIT" question be placed on the state's Republican primary ballots in March. However, the Texas GOP denied that petition, arguing that the signatures were submitted late and that only handwritten signatures could be accepted.