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House Speaker “Effectively Bans” Cherokee Chief Following Medicaid Comment Spat…

9:39 AM EDT on April 17, 2026

For about the umpteenth time in Oklahoma history, a white politician has vowed to silence Native American voices.

This time, it's surprisingly not Kevin Stitt.

In case you missed it, both YawnDoc and Oklahoma Voice reported yesterday that House Speaker Kyle Hilbert – a guy who looks like a bird that just flew into a windshield – threw a major hissy fit after Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin advocated for Medicaid during a speech on the Oklahoma House floor.