Memo From Middle America | Why Oklahoma’s 100% GOP Delegation Is Useless On Immigration—A Red State Case Study
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My home state of Oklahoma is perhaps the reddest of the red states. So why are its elected officials so ineffective in combatting America’s immigration disaster?
The GOP’s dominance of Oklahoma is really amazing in a state thatwas Democratic within living memory: in both the 2008 and 2012 Presidential elections, the GOP won every single one of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Its congressional delegation is 100% Republican—five Republican congressmen and two Republican senators. The Governor, Mary Fallin, is Republican. The Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Auditor and Inspector, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State School Superintendent, the Labor Commissioner, the insurance commissioner, and all four corporation commissioners, are all Republicans. Republicans have a majority in both the state Senate and House of Representatives.
So, since Republican candidates in Oklahoma don’t have to worry so much about winning elections, shouldn’t they be leaders in the fight for the traditional American nation?
It hasn’t worked out that way. Of course, as we know all too well, being a Republican doesn’t necessarily mean defending the historic American nation. In fact, Republicans like George W. Bush have been at the forefront of dismantling it.
And the current national GOP leadership is obviously on the wrong side of the National Question. If they were merely useless, that would be an improvement.
But out in Red State America, there are elements of the GOP that could lead a patriotic movement, working for an immigration shutdown and thereby appealing to the white working class vote,which could either take over the GOP or form a new party.Examples: Jeff Sessions, Lou Barletta, Kris Kobach.
There should be more. And Oklahoma isn’t helping. ...
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