Tag: Republicans

Janet Barresi to run for U.S. House

October 10, 2019

Former Oklahoma State School Superintendent Janet Barresi announced her candidacy for the Congressional District Five (Oklahoma City). Barresi will seek the GOP nomination to face Democrat Rep. Kendra Horn in 2020. “I’m a conservative Republican running for Congress because our values are under assault by radical Washington liberals,” Barresi said in a press release. “We…

Oklahoma Young Republicans elect Sen. Dahm, Sen. Silk

October 3, 2019

The Oklahoma Young Republicans at their state convention elected a new slate of officers by acclamation. Among the officers chosen to lead the youth organization were Sen. Nathan Dahm, who will serve as vice chairman for the 1st Congressional District, and Senator Joseph Silk, who will serve as vice chairman for the 2nd Congressional District….

How is the progressive movement affecting millennials?

September 26, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Any man who is under 25, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.” The origins of this quotation are uncertain. Numerous variations of it have been around for nearly 150 years and have been attributed to…

Editorial: GOP saved the retirement funds

May 9, 2019

If you are a retired public school teacher, you should thank the Republicans in the Legislature for making sure you retirement check is there every month. In 2009, after 100 years of Democrat leadership, the teacher retirement fund had 49.8 percent of the amount of money needed to pay every teacher who was eligible to…

Editorial: GOP leaders stymie moral laws

May 2, 2019

What is the biggest obstacle to conservative legislation in the Oklahoma Legislature? It’s Republican leadership. State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, has been unofficially blacklisted by GOP leaders, who control all the committee chairmanships and can manipulate what bills are heard and what bills are passed. Silk’s crime was wanting to stop abortion in Oklahoma….

GOP leaders punish Senator Silk for SB13

April 11, 2019

State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, said he is being blacklisted by Republican leaders because he authored a bill to abolish abortion in Oklahoma. Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, removed Silk from a committee vice chairmanship because Silk promoted Senate Bill 13, which would have made abortion illegal in the state. That…

McLain elected state GOP chairman

April 11, 2019

Former Tulsa County Republican Chairman David McLain was elected state party chairman during the State GOP Convention Saturday at First Baptist Church of Moore. After failing to pass a party platform last time, the new platform passed with 70 percent of the votes by about 1,000 delegates. “This Oklahoma State platform holds true to our…

Right to abortion?

March 28, 2019

The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill from President Pro Tempore Greg Treat that would put a legislative referendum on the 2020 ballot to let voters decide whether to restrict the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ability to construe a right to an abortion in the state constitution. Senate Bill 195 passed on a 40-8 vote and now…

Editorial: GOP won’t stop legalized abortion

February 28, 2019

Not too long ago, efforts to stop abortion were stopped in the Legislature by Democrat committee chairmen in the Oklahoma Senate. That was back when the Democrats controlled both houses of the Legislature. Now, self-labeled “pro-life” Republican leaders are rejecting legislature to get abolish abortion as the GOP controls both the House and the Senate….

GOP leaders lay out 2019 agenda

February 7, 2019

Senate Republicans will attempt to increase accountability in state government by creating a legislative budget office and will protect the state’s $2.9 billion investment in education as part of their 2019 legislative session, according to a press release by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat and members of the GOP Caucus. “Our agenda is simple…