Their cause has been helped by a surge in tensions between Texan authorities and the federal government over the past few months, particularly over illegal migration and education.
On its official website the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), which campaigns for the state to leave the Union in a move it dubs TEXIT, said: "The inclusion of these planks in the Republican Party of Texas Platform is a major step that could have far-reaching implications for the TEXIT movement in the next legislative session."
Newsweek contacted Texas Governor Greg Abbott for comment on Wednesday by email outside of usual business hours.
The Republican Party of Texas first backed calls for an independence referendum as part of its legislative platform in 2022, after it was approved by members at its convention that year in Houston.
In January the Supreme Court ruled razor wire placed along the Texas-Mexico border on the orders of Governor Abbott could be removed by federal agents.
Then in May, Governor Abbott instructed universities and community colleges in his state to ignore an update to Title IX equality legislation introduced by the Biden administration which would ban discrimination based on gender identity.
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President Biden's popularity is lower in a number of key swing states than his national average, according to a series of surveys conducted by a polling company, a blow to his reelection hopes.
The Civiqs polls, conducted between January 2021 and May 2024, gave Biden an average net approval of -22, a better performance than he recorded in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, which could decide November's presidential election.
Biden is expected to face off in November against Donald Trump, the former president and presumptive Republican candidate, in a rematch of their bitter 2020 contest.
However, Biden performed worse in several of the states widely expected to swing the election, with a net approval rating of -25 in Pennsylvania, -28 in Nevada, -32 in Arizona, -27 in Georgia, and -24 in Michigan, all of which the Democrat won in 2020.
Trump has come under fire after claiming that "Human Scum" are "working so hard to destroy Our Great Country" in a Memorial Day post on Truth Social.
Separately, conservative X accounts shared footage that they said showed Biden asleep with his eyes shut at a Memorial Day event at the Arlington National Cemetery.
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Quite annoying it doesn't have a stop in Austin or San Antonio. A ton of people commute from San Antonio to Austin daily and I bet most people would still rather drive all the way from SAT to DFW rather than drive to HOU and leave their car.
PS: Houston Amtrak Station itself is a nightmare to find nestled under the intersection of I-10 and I-45. Hope they get a new one in a location better accessible by transit with the High Speed Line.
I can't remember who I heard it from, or where I read it, but if it's the same proposal, then it starts North West off 290 after the 99 loop. Then angles its way North East to DFW with some stops for places like Waco.
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