Never mind that Trump is battling the bloat and cronyism of the federal govt.; Osborn is seeking to expand that massive and corrupt bloat in Oklahoma. If lawmakers don't vote like her, she openly threatens to raise up challengers against them in the upcoming summer primary elections, followed by general elections in November.
Last week, Rep. Chris Kannady (R-Moore) told KWTV News 9 that "the Platform Caucus started the talk of 'primarying' fellow House Republicans". But a careful review of captured video now shows that the only previous public comments were made by Leslie Osborn, Kannady's ally in massive tax increase initiatives. Josh West also watched as Osborn incited the hostility . The two now admit to national media that they launched a plot to defeat many Republican fellow incumbents, this year.
In June of 2017, the leadership of the Republican Platform Caucus held only one public event and issued no press statements. the one public event was hosted by the Tulsa Republican Assembly. That discussion lasted less than one hour and the only mention was Rep. Chuck Strohm's prediction that he will face a primary challenge because he refused to vote for the taxes (some of which were later ruled unconstitutional). |
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We loaded the House floor speech from Feb. 12th, and set it to the 7 minute Osborn speech.
You'll hear her grave warnings that "this is the only bill which can provide a teacher payraise.". Six weeks later she made similar statements about the next of many planned tax increases. Meanwhile she and other budget committee members sought to kill a $4000 teacher stipend that Rep. Tom Gann authored. Gann's plan tapped into a massive state trust fund designed for education funding without raising taxes. |
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We also loaded the full 55 minute video of the House Platform Caucus Report. the public can review the entire presentation and find no reference to targeting any named or unnamed incumbent.
Strohm & cochair Sean Roberts begin by pledging their cooperation with their own Republican leadership within the principles which all Republicans and the party itself claims to stand for. Strohm does point out that many in his party have quickly abandoned many of those principles while at the capitol. |