30/06/2022
Grandpa?
Yes, Billy.
How long has Texmas been a state?
You mean Texas. I don’t know, Billy. About 180 years.
It’s about time then.
About time for what?
To succeed! I heard on the news that Texas wants to succeed.
Ahhh. The word you want is secede.
Seaseed? You mean like seaweed?
No, Billy. Secede is what a state does when it wants to form its own country.
Wow! Has that ever happened?
Yes. During the Civil War. Ring a bell?
No. I don’t even know who Cybil is. Who cares what she wore?
What grade are you in?
Second.
Again?
Yup. Mommy says that at this rate I’ll be the only kid at my school with a beard and a driver’s license, but I think she’s eggsagerdating.
You mean exaggerating.
I mean mommy is full of beans. And so is Texas. They can’t secede. We won’t let them right, grandpa?
Well, Billy, it’s a long shot, but I wish them luck. If Texas goes, so does Ted Cruz. Win-win.
But what about all the oil and, uh, uh, uh, I don’t know ... armedadillas ... barbedacue ... tellabanjovists?
Let me answer that question with a question. Why is Texas called the Lone Star State?
I don’t know, grandpa.
Because that’s the highest rating they could get.
Grandpa! Be nice.
Not my nature.
I have a question. Will the mean orange man move to Texas?
Hmmm. That’s one way to avoid prison.
Every time mommy sees the mean orange man on TV she tells him to go to the hot place in the ground. Do you think she means Texas?
Billy! Be nice.
Not my nature.
Hush! The truth is there are plenty of good people in Texas and most of them don’t want to secede, but no idea is too dumb for the ...
I know the answer! I know the answer! Repelicans! Mommy says the Repelicans have more bad ideas than Anthony Weiner with a copy machine.
The ones in Texas do. Just look at their party platform.
They have a party platform? That’s so cool. No wonder Uncle Duane is a Repelican. He’s a party animal. But he’s also pretty smart. Whenever he posts something about politics, mommy replies, “STFU,” so he must have gone to college.
Listen and learn, Billy. A party platform is a political mission statement. All parties write them, but the platform created by the Republican Party of Texas sounds like it was written by rodeo clowns over whiskey shots in the back room of a cannabis dispensary.
Wow! I didn’t know Uncle Duane and his friends wrote the Repelican platform. I told you he was smart. And get this. He hunts rhinos!
Ahem. Besides urging a statewide vote on succession, the platform labels Joe Biden “acting” president because he didn’t “legally” win. Not nuts enough? How about repealing the Voting Rights Act of 1965? Stripping the federal government of the authority to collect income tax? Giving state legislatures the power to appoint U.S. Senators. The list goes on and on. It’s overwhelming.
I’m not overwhelmed. I’m happy.
Why?
Uncle Duane finally found his people.
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