What do you do when you’re down 2 runs and you have 2 strikes on you in extra innings????
Well if you’re Gavin Nichols, you hit a home run to tie the game!!!
Tulsa, Oklahoma, you made me soooooo proud this weekend. Times are changing. You can feel it. When leaders turned their back, we turned to each other! Freaking love y’all!
Alabama = Mask mandate announced today.
Walmart = Mask mandate announced today.
Oklahoma = Governor announces HE has COVID-19, no mask mandate announced.
Monroe = 🤦🏿♂️
Praying for the innocent victims of today’s tragedy in Tulsa. In addition to thoughts and prayers, tomorrow I along with a couple of my
@OklaHouseDems
colleagues will be calling for immediate, common sense action to protect Oklahomans.
Glad you can make it out there for a cheap political stunt, but can’t find the time to join a zoom (virtual, no travel needed) with your fellow Race Massacre Commissioners. Enjoy your burger....you’re really gonna own PETA....
Sweet priorities bro.
HAPPENING NOW-
@GovStitt
is explaining on zoom why he decided to reject federal money to help feed hungry kids over the summer. One reason- a fear of the Biden administration pushing a “social agenda”
@OKCFOX
….
Praying for Nex’s family and friends. I’m not aware of the full circumstances surrounding their death, but early reports suggests it’s far last time for us to combat hate in schools. The dangerous rhetoric of adults can cost young ppl their lives. 1/
The only filth is a State Senator who uses his platform in ways like this. Party affiliation or religion do not give you the right to hate. Hard to come to terms with the fact that this worldview exist in the halls of power in 2024. 1/
Absolutely ridiculous. Making a political statement while kids go hungry isn’t leadership. It’s the kind of out of touch cruelty that keeps us 46th in child wellbeing and “Top 10” in food insecurity.
We don’t want any kid in Oklahoma to go hungry. That’s why I made sure we cut the grocery tax to keep more money in Oklahomans’ pockets.
Now, Oklahoma families will save around $800/year on average on their grocery bills.
For those wondering why so many
@OklaHouseDems
voted against the teacher pay raise bill today, I’ll give you two quick & simple reasons.
1. It’s tied to vouchers
2. (And most important) it’s less than half of the teacher pay raise we proposed this session.
Enjoy your evening
The governor vetoed $24 million in funding for arts, regional emergency operations centers and public television…”Top Ten State” was always just a slogan, it was never a commitment.
To be clear, everyone wants kids in school. One of the reasons Oklahoma has a tougher time than most in making that happen is b/c we have a governor who has made Oklahoma a sanctuary state for COVID. During a pandemic he has gone to war with school boards, 1/
I’m sure Rep.
@MaureeTurnerOK
feels extremely safe now that militia movement has been unleashed on them by my
@OKHouseGOP
colleagues w/o any investigation into any wrongdoing. This is ONE of many hateful messages. I’m so angry I can barely see straight. Congrats folks.
You, with this tweet, are literally politicizing DOJ/FBI. Would really appreciate you toning down the rhetoric. We got ppl showing up at the FBI armed. Right now would be a good time to denounce that. Stop fueling the fire. You don’t have to do that, you’re choosing to.
Me when we’re coming out of a pandemic and
@GovStitt
wants ppl to believe that the “limit 2 BBQ sauce” sign at Chick-fil-A is the greatest challenge we face as a state
Today I am calling for a special audit of Tulsa Public Schools and the potential mishandling of public funds. I'm also concerned TPS may have violated state law by teaching critical race theory.
We will get to the bottom of what’s going on at Tulsa Public Schools.
1 in 5 children are living through food insecurity. Oklahoma is in the bottom 10 nationally in food security. Nearly half a million children would qualify.
I wish no child went hungry, but I know a child should never go hungry due to political ideology. In Oklahoma, they will.
In case you missed it:
Tribes are bad. The conditions of children & youth in Oklahoma don’t matter. We’re so SUUUPER compassionate about rape victims that we’re gonna further strip them of their bodily autonomy.
This is literally the world view of our governor…in 2022.
A new controversial bill in the Oklahoma state legislature will limit how slavery is taught in schools and ban teaching that "one race is the unique oppressor" or "victim" in slavery's history.
Now we’re locking ppl out.
@oksde
is in a free fall.
@OklaHouseDems
have already called for an investigation multiple times. It’s far past time House Republicans do what’s right by Oklahoma students.
@RyanWaltersSupt
has proved he’s not up to the task of leading the department.
Ryan Walters is about to find out once again that the Tulsa metro area is indeed about that life…
He already took an L in his effort to take over TPS…
Now this dude is taking on the Bixby superintendent and thinks he’s gonna win 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Them boys finally starting to care now that he isn’t just attacking urban schools. Welcome to the party
@OKHouseGOP
, it’s about time. Investigation would have been completed a year ago had you all listened to OK House Democrats!
NEW: Sources confirm to me numerous House republicans have signed on to a letter calling for an investigation of Ryan Walters.
My sources tell me this is a Republican-led effort, and those signatures are all from Republican members.
This is still developing.
@kfor
This Monday I’m weighing supporting an economic development package giving nearly $1B in public resources to a governor that couldn’t negotiate a good BBQ deal…
What y’all doing?
More Oklahomans died from COVID the day our brave troops were killed in Afghanistan, but the governor was silent about that. More Oklahomans have died from COVID than all US military & contractor fatalities during our 20 yr war, but the governor is silent. 1/
The FBI and DOJ must report to Congress immediately regarding the unprecedented raid at Mar-a-Lago. If Democrats don't seek accountability for the brazen politicization of our federal agencies, Republicans will.
Corrected headline: “Oklahoma slow to recover to due to the fact that the governor and his party are more concerned about sticking it to the President than addressing the pandemic” (I know it’s long, but it’s accurate)
Man…this is one of many fatal flaws w/ vouchers/tax credits. Millionaires using them after selling them to the public as a pathway for low income families w/o options. Gross and disappointing. Elections have consequences, don’t waste a min in 2024 forgetting that. Get active.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has three children in private schools, said his family plans to take advantage of a new income tax credit for private schools.
#oklaed
It’s not enslavement, you’d know that if you weren’t in the business of outlawing teaching about enslavement. Your entire campaign has been a great stain on public education in this state. Attacking teachers & school districts on the heels of a pandemic is as shameful as it gets.
The unions have never represented Oklahoma values.
@GovStitt
and I will always fight against mandatory enslavement by them. Teachers unions have been the doorway into liberalizing and indoctrinating our classrooms.
Character should matter.
I encourage
@GovStitt
to rescind this endorsement. It is beneath the office he holds and out of line with Oklahoma values…partisanship aside, I think we all can agree this is beyond problematic.
I’m never seen a president claim to love the country so much, but spend an entire speech talking about how much he hates other Americans....absolutely stunning.
Would just point out for context that Emmitt Till and Joe Biden are the same age. His story isn’t ancient history. Interesting to think about how different the road traveled was for a black boy in Mississippi from a white boy in Pennsylvania/Delaware in the 1950s. 1/
🚨 NEWS: The Senate just unanimously passed my Emmett Till
#AntilynchingAct
.
Despite more than 200 attempts to outlaw this heinous form of racial terror at the federal level, it has never before been done.
Today, we corrected that historic injustice. Next stop:
@POTUS
's desk!
They told you what they were about. If you didn’t believe them and sat on the couch on Election Day or decided a protest vote was the way to go, buckle up. They never lied to you, you chose not to listen…and now they will choose for you.
Maybe if you were more concerned about the nearly 10,000 dead in our state this wouldn’t be necessary. You have zero credibility on this issue. It’s irresponsible leadership in states like ours that is filling our ICUs. Don’t pretend to care about Oklahomans or our values. 1/
It is not the government’s role to dictate to private businesses what to do.
Once again President Biden is demonstrating his complete disregard for individual freedoms and states’ rights.
As long as I am governor, there will be no government vaccine mandates in Oklahoma.
Yesterday I drove around HD72 and other parts of the city. I saw Tulsans coming together. I saw folks from across Oklahoma and the country coming in to help. We need to understand why the two that hold the highest offices in the land were gone, did not notify anyone and 1/
I’ve intentionally not commented on this story. Mainly b/c on one hand it makes me so damn angry as a black man, so scared as a father and so deflated as an American. I’m thankful that Mr. Miller didn’t some how lose his life in this case, but WTF is wrong with ppl? 1/
A Black delivery driver in Oklahoma was blocked from leaving a gated estate by a white man asking why he was there.
He was held for over 1hr until his customer arrived.
Travis Miller refused to exit the truck: "I knew... No matter what happened, I would have been in the wrong."
We’ve come a long way since we kicked this campaign off last year, but here we are. I’m ready to be a mayor for all of Tulsa. Tomorrow is a huge day for our city and I’m excited to help write our next chapter. 🗳️
Tonight I get to celebrate my mom as she walks across the stage to receive her doctorate in Education Leadership from Prairie View A&M University. I could not be prouder of Dr. Ramona Curtis. For 40 years, she’s been my example and I’m the luckiest boy in the world because of it!
Legitimately the worst take anyone could possibly have. I was raised by a single black mother, I came to Oklahoma knowing not one soul and today I am a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives because of that single black mother. So Jason Whitlock, STFU.
Jason Whitlock blames the death of Tyre Nichols on the Memphis police department being headed by a "single Black woman."
"We are getting the same kind of chaos, and disunity, and violence that we see in a lot of the cities run by single mothers."
I’m a believer too, but the God I serve loves all His creation…no matter how they identify. The true embodiment of God is unconditional Love and unending Mercy, don’t let false prophets or intolerant politicians tell you any different.
We see you, all of you. 🏳️🌈
I hosted Legislative leadership at my office to hammer out the details of this year’s budget— publicly.
Nothing like this has ever been done before.
I know Oklahomans want smaller government and lower taxes— let’s build a budget that reflects those priorities.
In an effort to “expose the radical left” her contributions led to multiple bomb threats at schools in my city. I’m not proud of this announcement at all. It causes a further divide and is a win for those who wish to cause chaos, no matter the cost to kids and families.
No one has done more to expose what the radical left is all about than
@ChayaRaichik10
and
@libsoftiktok
. Her's is a powerful voice to protect Oklahoma kids from porn in schools and woke indoctrination.
I'm proud to have her on our team.
At a time when many politicians have struggled to find a spine, Mayor
@clarkfornorman
has prioritized the health of those who elected her. “I will continue to focus on doing my job instead of worrying about losing my job” is the best political quote of 2020! 1/
"I will be happy to comment once the signatures have been verified. In the meantime, I will continue to focus on doing my job instead of worrying about losing my job." —
#Norman
Mayor Breea
@ClarkForNorman
|
I’ve seen your tweets, you can do better than that. 🙄
Also - it’s about encouraging the protection of children in school. If your boss won’t do it, at least someone is.
Walked the Greenwood District tonight. All the crowds are gone. No president. No dignitaries. No crowd. The stillness. The peace. It all was weighty. It was liberating. It was a reminder that the hard work of both telling the full story and seeking full justice continues.
A democratic governor can be the difference folks....don’t for one second think that even in a red state you can not only pass good policy, but you can block the bad stuff! Hats off Governor....wish we had one like you!
Made the trip to Tahlequah yesterday for the State of the Nation Address during Cherokee National Holiday. Principal Chief
@ChuckHoskin_Jr
was on fire as always!
@CherokeeNation
continues to lead the way.
Sat on this a couple days, but former Mayor Roger Randle recently said Karen Keith was the “safest” choice for mayor. Out of respect for the former mayor I’m going to speed past the racial undertones for now, but I can’t get past the irony. 1/
I pray I never know how it feels to be soooo thirsty for national attention, get a chance..try to use as many poll tested words I know and end up sounding incoherent and embarrassing myself and entire state.
Fighting the urge to fully express myself, but it is additionally sickening to see elected leaders pretend to care on days like this after building and sustaining their careers making days like today more likely. It is a complete insult to the lives lost, just own who you are. 1/
To be clear, what we are witnessing is perhaps the greatest health challenge of our time being met with perhaps the most unprepared & disinterested leader in our state’s history. 1/
By all accounts
@TulsaPolice
have acted with extreme bravery today. Long way to go, but given what we’ve seen in other communities recently I couldn’t be more proud of how our department responded to today’s tragic event.
Kevin Stitt is so hell bent on being a third tier presidential candidate that he can’t even concentrate on being the below average governor he’s been since taking office in 2019.
Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, released the following statement in response to Governor Kevin Stitt’s speech at the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce today.
MORE:
@Monichols
Proud of the
@TulsaSchools
Board tonight. Dr. Ebony Johnson is a child of Tulsa. A reformer that has turned around schools and a leader that deserves our support. I’m excited about this new era for TPS!
This guy really thinks a bunch of out of state protesters came to Tulsa on a Tuesday night! The level of tone deafness & arrogance is immeasurable. To discount dissent as just people from “out of state” is the problem here. Those are your constituents, Governor…listen to them.
As the saying goes, you point a finger and you have three pointing back at you.
I guess in this case, it’s three letters…F.B.I.
It was never about outcomes at TPS.
It has always been a distraction.
Record profits homie…we don’t have a production problem. This is exactly why your numbers have tanked across the board…you forgot who you work for…Four years in office and all you have to show for it are ads about a guy that’s not even on the ballot.
Joe Biden's war on oil and gas hurts America.
It's his failed energy policies, not oil and gas companies, that have destroyed domestic production and left families to deal with 40 year high inflation and record gas prices.
Enough is enough.
.
@proven4oklahoma
just attempted to pass a moratorium on the state gas tax until December 2023 to provide Oklahomans immediate relief at the pump, her effort was blocked by the majority.
My dad was a police officer before he died. I co-authored the bill to increase retirement benefits for police officers. This question underscores a looming desperate attempt to scare ppl into voting for someone they know isn’t up to the job….such a Karen thing to do.
@Micahlifa
@Delta
Ummm....you have nerves of steel! My video would have been filled with f-bombs and prayer (know those typically don’t go together) and to the pilot, you the real MVP!
Two members of the republican majority in the Oklahoma House of Representatives openly admitted to in one case having and in the other case paying for an abortion, w/ our trigger law, today they’d both be criminals. This is not to attack them, not even to point out hypocrisy. 1/
Today
@RyanWaltersSupt
got a clear message from
@GovStitt
and the Charter School Board.. “fix the schools you swore an oath to serve.” He has instead gone on a tirade against “leftist” I’m guessing his immaturity is a big part of reason he lost finally the confidence of the gov.
Kicked off this week talking about my plans to reach functional zero homelessness by 2028. Today, I learned that 901 TPS students qualify as homeless. Tulsa’s affordable housing crisis is driving our literacy outcomes. As mayor, outcomes for children are a
#1
priority. 1/
A waste of taxpayer money to romanticize slavery, peddle propaganda and undermine any true grasp of history. This is gross, yet unsurprising. Terrible day for education.
“Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.”
I'm excited to announce this initiative with PragerU Kids today. These additional resources will help ensure quality instruction in American history and values, and will enrich educational opportunities for our students
A two-term republican governor with supermajorities in the legislature in the reddest state in the country not being able to get tax cuts done in a year w/ record spending is the most staggering example of failed conservative leadership you’ll see this year folks.
‼️Governor Stitt is “considering” calling the legislature back into another special session to pass tax cuts.
He says the House passed a bundle of reform bills, but the Senate hasn’t.
“The fact that we weren’t able to get that done is unbelievable.”-
@GovStitt
He’s been in office 3 yrs, but it’s someone else’s fault?? Blame and BS. It’s the RW way. It’s hard managing a department when you 1. Don’t have those skills & experience & 2. Spend so much time recording videos instead of doing your job.
Weirdest flex of the campaign cycle is John O’Connor bragging on a commercial about being nominated by Trump for a federal judgeship that he was ultimately deemed unfit for…
Those who think mask mandates, particularly during a pandemic, are a threat to their personal freedoms have clearly never had their personal freedoms threatened.
We could, only if we really really cared, use a fraction of that money to address our homelessness crisis. Thousands of Oklahomans slept on the streets in single digit temps the last several days…while we’ve sat on nearly $10B.
Oklahoma’s savings account is at a record high.
Our unemployment is under 3%.
State revenue is up too.
We’ve kept our fiscal house in order— let’s finish the job by cutting taxes and letting the free market flourish.
For the first time in my legislative career, I am unopposed for re-election. Even though I am w/o opposition, I don’t approach the next two years w/ any level of complacency..instead I feel this is a signal to work even harder given the faith my neighbors have put in me. 1/
Proud of the 1921 Race Massacre Commission! Removing the governor is no small deal. I hope it challenges
@GovStitt
to look inward and consider how he can be a better partner w/ people of color and a better leader for all Oklahomans..
BOMB THREATS: As we sit here in this
@oksde
meeting, another bomb threat comes in. One of the addresses is for Ellen Ochoa Elementary. Another is the Union Public Schools administration building and the librarian’s home address.
@kfor
There’s something to be said for setting an example from the top. In less than four years it’s incredible how many examples of chaos and corruption exist in the Stitt Administration. The culture of entitlement, arrogance & disregard for the law is beyond astonishing.
Thanks Senator. Apparently word travels slow to Paris, but thankful you acted as quick as you could. It is shocking that the governor hasn’t been in constant communication w/ you throughout this.
I acted immediately upon being informed I was acting governor today and signed the emergency declaration for eastern Oklahoma. Oklahomans are struggling and we must do everything we can to help them. More on the executive order, here: