Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) denounced the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois on Thursday, breaking with national GOP leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX).
Stitt, the chairman of the nonpartisan National Governors Association, said the National Guard deployment violated his idea of federalism. His denouncement comes just days after Govs. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA) each sent letters to Stitt, threatening to pull out of the NGA if the chairman did not condemn the deployment.
“We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,” Stitt said to the New York Times on Thursday. “Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”
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FILE – Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) delivers his State of the State address at
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