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So seems like he was more than that with saying congress would vote to have them secede. I don't think the US would send troops of course but they wouldn't jus

• ghaff 9y ago
  Of course, the default is that no one can secede. There was an unpleasantness in the 1860s over that. But ultimately, if a geographical region won’t do what you want it to do, the alternative is to use force. For example, the Federal government used force to enforce voting rights in the 1960s. If asking nicely, threats, and sanctions don’t work, troops are mostly what you have left.