Texas Nationalist Movement Launches TEXIT Party Kit for Independence House Parties

The Texas Nationalist Movement has launched texitparty.org, a free kit for Texans who want to host a house party about Texas independence. The site calls it “an evening in your living room: supper first, then a conversation about Texas independence.”

“We built TEXIT Party so any Texan can host the conversation about Texas independence in their own home, without waiting for us to send a speaker,” said Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement. “The kit is free. All it takes is a host and a table.”

The host supplies the living room and the food. The site supplies the rest, all of it printable at home: a poster that fills in as the host types the party’s details, invitations, a host guide, a round of twelve trivia questions on the Republic of Texas, and a sign-in sheet. “Nothing to order, nothing to pay for,” the site says.

How an evening runs

The host guide lays out about two hours for eight to twenty people. Supper comes first, then the trivia, played in teams, then half an hour of conversation about why Texas independence matters to the host. The guide suggests opening with one question: “If Texas were already an independent country, with its own border, its own money, and its own say over everything else, would you vote to give that up and join the United States?”

The evening ends with the Declaration, which the site calls “how a Texan goes on record.” It is free, and the sign-in sheet carries a code that opens it. The guide tells hosts to invite “at least a few people who haven’t made up their minds,” and adds, “Nobody has to decide tonight.”

Finding a party

Hosts can list their party on the site so that neighbors they haven’t met can find it. After the host confirms by email, a Texas Nationalist Movement leader in the area reviews the listing. A listing shows the host’s name, the town, the ZIP code and the date and time, never the street address. Guests RSVP online, and the host sends them the address directly.

What it is not

The site draws hard lines around the format. A TEXIT Party “isn’t a political party,” it says; “party” means “the kind with food.” It is not a campaign event, and hosts are told not to invite candidates or hand out campaign material. It is not a fundraiser: “Don’t pass a hat or sell anything.” And it is not a hard sell. “Neighbors who disagree are as welcome as neighbors who agree.”

The idea goes back to at least 2013, when the movement published a guide to hosting “Independence@Home” house parties. That model depended on a speaker from the movement traveling to each home. A TEXIT Party doesn’t need one: the host gets a free kit, and neighbors talk it through themselves.