Way back in January of 2020, a month or two before modern life as we know it changed forever, Governor Kevin Stitt issued an order banning any non-essential state-funded travel to California for all Oklahoma state employees.
The reasoning was that California had banned all state-funded travel to Oklahoma in 2016 in response to our anti-LGBTQ laws, and since pettiness and pandering always rule the day in politics, Stitt figured we might as well do the same thing to them.
Well, that is unless you win an award.
Recently, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt violated the spirit of his California travel ban when he flew out to The Golden State to accept an award for all the hard work he’s done violating a woman’s bodily autonomy and her rights to make her own deeply private and personal healthcare decisions.
Check this out:
I recently traveled to California to accept @LiveAction’s Life Award, recognizing the pro-life work we’ve done in Oklahoma.
— Governor Kevin Stitt (@GovStitt) October 17, 2023
In California, sea turtle eggs have more legal protections than a human fetus. Think about that. pic.twitter.com/yr645xGfr8