Screenshot Shows Dallas County Lawmaker’s Reply: ‘Never Voting for Texas Independence’
A screenshot posted Saturday shows a reply under Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez's name: never voting for Texas independence. The Texian Partisan has not confirmed the full exchange.
An email reply in a screenshot posted Saturday carries the name of state Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez and a short answer on Texas independence: “Go ahead,” followed by “never voting for Texas Independence.”
Christopher Milton, a Declared Texian from Dallas County, posted the screenshot at 10:38 a.m. on TEXIAN, the platform run by the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM). The message is time-stamped 10:31 a.m. and appears under the name Cassandra Hernandez. It answers the Texas House District 115 October newsletter, sent at 6:01 a.m. from a cassandrafortexas.com address.
The screenshot shows only the start of Milton’s own message, which opens “You deny me my Article 1 Section” and cuts off. The Texian Partisan has not seen the full exchange and has not confirmed whether Garcia Hernandez wrote the reply herself or what “Go ahead” answers.
Garcia Hernandez, a Democrat first elected in 2024, is seeking reelection Tuesday.
What the Vote Would Be
The Texas Independence Referendum Act, TNM’s model legislation, would put one question to Texas voters. It was filed in 2021 and 2023. Both bills went to the House State Affairs Committee and no further, and neither was voted down on its merits. The Republican Party of Texas asked for such a referendum in its 2026 platform.
The 90th Legislature convenes in January 2027. A House member’s vote on that bill would decide whether Texans get to answer the question, not what the answer is.
Article 1, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution says Texans “have at all times the inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think expedient.”
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