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Robo Fail: AI Hoax Targets Oklahoma Democrats

4:36 PM EDT on June 30, 2025

On Friday afternoon, the day before Oklahoma Democrats were set to meet in Broken Arrow for their annual state convention, an anonymous mass text was sent to about 100 party members, delegates, and benefactors with a shocking surprise.

Apparently, someone had obtained audio of State Rep. John Waldron—the granola-eater who was running to serve as the party’s new chairman—saying racially insensitive things about two prominent Black Oklahoma Democrats: outgoing party chair Alicia Andrews and newly minted Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols.

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