Republicans panicked on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected efforts to overturn the 2020 election so President Donald Trump could remain in office despite losing to President-elect Joe Biden.
Far-right internet personalities Diamond and Silk called for a military coup.
Allen West, the state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, evoked the Civil War in a statement released after the ruling.
"This decision will have far reaching ramifications for the future of our constitutional republic. Perhaps law-abiding states should band together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution," West suggested.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) labeled the proposal "A Confederacy of Dunces."
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