Oklahoma lawmakers are once again bravely standing up to the biggest threat facing our state — the Oklahoma people.
As we mentioned back in February, Oklahoma’s usurper Republicans are working overtime this spring to pass Senate Bill 1027 – a draconian law that will wrestle power and control away from the public and block their constitutionally protected ability to overcome legislative incompetence and one-party rule through ballot initiatives.
Unlike past efforts to strip power from Oklahoma voters and severely limit their ability to govern themselves in any effective or pragmatic way, this one actually seems to have decaying rural Oklahoma teeth.
It’s backed by both Senate and House leadership, including Speaker Kyle Hilbert, Senate Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, and a host of other low-IQ conservative mouth breathers like State Senator David Bullard, the genius who claims 69% of abortions are conducted without consent.
Just like in previous years, the primary motivation behind this latest authoritarian, anti-democratic, “We know what’s best for you” GOP power move is simple: prevent popular, broadly supported reforms that are coming down the political pipeline — like reproductive freedom, ranked choice voting, and big box store retail liquor sales — from ever reaching a vote of the people.