
They guy pictured above with the "I hope these make me look smart" glasses is State Senator Brian Bingman. He's served as the President Pro Tem of the Oklahoma Senate (one of the most powerful positions in the state) since 2011. He's also an oil company executive, which probably helps explains why Oklahoma has given away over $1-billion in tax breaks and subsidies to oil and natural gas companies since 2012.
Apparently, Bingman is a little salty with how the Oklahoma media has covered the 2016 Oklahoma legislative session. He claims the media is focused on all the headline generating anti-abortion, anti-trans, anti-anyone-who-isn't-a-white-Republican-Christian-male social bills that our legislature is passing, and not the work lawmakers are allegedly doing to fix the state budget crisis they ultimately created.

