It is a common misconception that Texas may secede from the union . It may break up into three smaller states , but that ' s about the end of it . Secession isn ' t legal . If you ' re that distraught by your corrupt government , then legality shouldn ' t matter anyway . It sure as hell didn ' t matter for the Confederate states back during the civil war . 99 % of people are far too comfortable to participate in such an effort , politically or physically . Rebellion would take far more than somebody else being in office January 20 th , I ' m sorry to say . <| sep |> may i have some reasons why <| sep |> I mean mine hasn ' t either , doesn ' t mean I ' m not gonna jerk about it . I think in harsher conditions they ' re way more likely to fail