Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West claims the state could secede from the United States. During interviews after the 2020 presidential election, CNN reports West suggested Texas could vote to become its own republic. In a radio interview in late December, he said it was something written into the Texas Constitution. But experts say this isn't true. There is an annexation resolution, but it says Texas could decide to divide itself into five new states, not that Texas could divide from the U.S.