Oklahoma Governor Details Steps to Secure State Against CCP Influence
'They're going to the states now because Congress is so dysfunctional. It's so political. It's so partisan that they're literally coming directly to the states,' Stitt said in an interview with ' American Thought Leaders ' that aired on Aug. 1.
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