Posted on 02/26/2026 8:18:47 AM PST by DFG
Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt suggested he does not think Democrats are supporting lax border security policies for the goal of getting illegal immigrants to vote for the party.
The governor, who is known to have a tenuous relationship with President Donald Trump, said that in his view, Democrats’ intentions are not to make foreign nationals part of the country’s voter rolls, in an interview with NPR that aired Thursday. The Oklahoma Republican’s colleagues come as the Senate is considering the Trump-backed SAVE America Act, which would, in part, require proof of citizenship for voter registration, amid fierce opposition from Democratic lawmakers.
“Even my Democrat governor colleagues, they’re not trying to get illegals here to turn them into voters. I don’t believe that’s what Democrat politicians are trying to do,” Stitt told NPR.
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OK Gov Kevin Stitt (R) tells NPR he doesn’t believe Democrat politicians are “trying to get illegals here to turn them into voters.”
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“And just like Republicans get a bad rap that people think Republicans don’t like immigrants. That’s not true. There’s some common ground that if we sit down together, we can figure this out,” the governor added.
Stitt did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
Trump on Feb. 11 made two Truth Social posts criticizing Stitt in which he called him a “RINO,” a common abbreviation that means “Republican in name only.”
“When Kevin Stitt, the very mediocre (at best!) RINO Governor of Oklahoma, was losing his Election to a Democrat, primarily because he did a bad job, he called for my help,” Trump wrote in the second of his two posts. “I Endorsed him, and he won — Sorry, my cherished Oklahoma, to have done that to you!”
The president carried Oklahoma by 34 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election, sweeping all of the state’s 77 counties. Stitt is term-limited and cannot seek reelection in November.
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Stitt is lately proving himself to be kind of a boob. I would have expected better out of deep red Oklahoma.
He wants to get on a Sunday morning show.
“”OK Gov Kevin Stitt (R) tells NPR he doesn’t believe Democrat politicians are “trying to get illegals here to turn them into voters.” “””
Not “turning them into voters” because they already are.
Revelation 3:16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.
Bushite, feckless and will accept evil as a compromise, shows no moral clarity. imho
So, then...
“Stitt” = “Stupid”
He wants what his corporate overlords want, that being cheap labor that can’t file workers comp claims or litigate their employer.
Come to California, Governor, to witness why you are an idiot.
Idiot. After all these years, to think this hes an idiot. Or just an outright supporter of whats going on by denying whats going on.
Even if they are not voters, they count toward allocating representatives by state. Moron.
The Great Replacement is so obvious that only a liar or a fool could deny it is happening.
Just the fact that he would want to interview on NPR speaks volumes
We like immigrants that come here legally. That are vetted and respect our laws. Its a potential indicator of how they will respect our other laws.
At best, Stitt is naive. At worse, he’s complicit.
This guy is a Democrat who ran as a Republican. This is rampant within the Republican Party.
Stitt is term-limited and cannot seek reelection in November.
Thank God!
How did this rat mole get elected in Oklahoma?
They are most likely just getting them registered so some Democrat operative can vote for them.
I don’t want to watch NPR - so does the Governor have a theory on exactly why then the Left wants open borders, and why under Biden, we literally saw the destruction of the US Southern Border??
What is his explanation?
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