INSIDE OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma Democratic Party State Organization - Organization Begins with Precinct Meetings March 11, 2021

Stitt’s Mishandling of $1.26B CARES Act Funding - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, FEBRUARY 5, 2021 – Oklahomans are tired of Stitt’s mishandling and lack of transparency

More GOP Voter Suppression Schemes - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 – Voting rights are under attack

Oklahoma Democrats Denounce Stitt’s Rushed Manage Care Plan for Medicaid -  OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 – Stitt’s rush to use managed care for Oklahoma’s Medicaid program without lawmakers’ input is concerning should be of concern to all Oklahomans.

Minority Leader Backs Speaker’s Push for CARES Oversight - OKLAHOMA CITY — House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, released the following statement today in support of House Speaker Charles McCall’s push for the Legislature to have more oversight regarding how CARES Act funds are spent.

Cole Plays Partisan Politics and Shirks Responsibility - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 – Oklahoma is facing another disappointing GOP response

Oklahoma Democrats Celebrate Black History Month -  OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, February 3, 2021 – Within days of the national holiday commemorating the birth of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Hamilton Report Black History Month - Special Guest NAACP President Garland Pruitt

 

NATIONAL

The Republican Party is in Total Disarray

• We are truly seeing a Republican Party in disarray.  
• Recent events have shown the extent to which the Republican Party is in disarray and deeply divided. 
  • Trump and his allies are threatening to back primary challengers to Republicans who they see as insufficiently loyal.
  • Republicans are resigning from the party in droves: Nearly 140,000 voters left the GOP in January.
  • Republicans are even censuring members of their own party in states like Arizona, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
  • Another Republican senator announced he would not seek reelection, bringing the total to four.  
• Former officials are discussing breaking away from the GOP and forming a national third party.  
• This is a party that has lost the White House, the House, and the Senate. They’ve lost the faith of the country. 
• Who is even the leader of the Republican Party anymore? 
  • We have Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Who do they have, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Congress Must Abide By Their Oath To Protect Our Democracy

• Yesterday, House managers methodically laid out Donald Trump’s actions leading up to and on January 6. They also shared never-before-seen footage of how close insurrectionists were to officials that day.  
• All senators have a duty to defend and protect our Constitution, and attacks on our democratic process do not disappear when a term ends. 
  • In his final days in office, Trump incited an insurrection in an attempt to overturn the will of the people. 
• Democrats and Republicans came together in a bipartisan vote to hold Trump accountable and impeach him a second time.
  • This was the most bipartisan impeachment of a president in history — with a record 10 members of Trump’s own party voting to impeach him.
  • Trump is the only president in American history to be impeached twice.

An overwhelming majority of Americans support President Biden’s coronavirus relief agenda, including strong bipartisan support.

• A CBS News/YouGov poll found an overwhelming bipartisan majority of Americans support Congress passing a new economic relief package
  • 83% support a new stimulus bill to help those impacted by the pandemic
  • 64% approve of President Biden’s handling of the coronavirus crisis
  • 61% approve the overall job Biden is doing as president
• An ABC News/Ipsos poll found that two-thirds of Americans approve of President Biden’s response to the pandemic, including “overwhelming” approval among independents.
• A Navigator poll found that 72% of Americans support President Biden passing an emergency legislative package, including 69% of independents and a majority of Republicans
• A new CNBC poll found that 63% of small business owners support President Biden’s American Rescue plan, including 46% plurality of Republican small business owners.
• Democratic Mayor Rick Kriseman of St. Petersburg, FL and Republican Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, FL authored a joint op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times urging Congress to deliver the relief, writing, “If there was ever a time for our government to go big, it’s now. This is the moment.”
  • More than 400 mayors wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging them to take immediate action in passing the American Rescue Plan to give their communities the assistance they desperately need, including many Republican mayors.

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