Most initial State Committee meetings are still held in a 'honeymoon' atmosphere. Today's was different.
John Bennett signaled some radical changes in his agenda and he was very open about his resolve.  But the unfinished business of the April state convention will remain undone.  
  Most controversial of all the agenda items is the open rebuke resolution of US Senator James Lankford.  It was defeated by a 16% margin, and it would have been an even bigger defeat if some of the current lawmakers on the state committee had not abstained.  The legislators were able to see the 'vote no' line being significantly longer, during roll call, showing they were not required to add their voice to the censure issue which has greatly divided the party.
  But Bennett's open support and campaign rally speeches for Lankford's primary opponent are even more controversial. Bennett's effort to call a special convention was defeated while former Chairman Pam Pollard's reform initiative passed overwhelmingly. The reform institutes a 'gubernatorial' state convention with limited specific agenda directives.
  It's now clear that Bennett will have to carry out a party agenda that he didn't champion, nor support (prior to today).

  On Tuesday night Gov. Kevin Stitt led a forum of public servants tasked with protecting public safety in Oklahoma. the event was in Tulsa's downtown civic center complex.
  But many of last year's BLM activists were the same faces disrupting the forum on problems created by the landmark US Supreme Court ruling that Eastern Oklahoma still has North American Indian reservations.
  Specifically, the ruling cites a failure of the 1907 US Congress, to formally dissolve the reservations.  Most historians assumed the  5 tribes had conceded the point when they led the effort to attain statehood, twice!
  But now the leftist organizers are starting to spread a victim narrative in the land they historically have led and prospered in.  The only slavery ever condoned in Oklahoma was that which the tribes brought to Oklahoma.  Even after tribal soldiers fought in the Civil War to aid the Confederacy; tribes kept ownership of slaves until nearly 2 years after they were freed in the Confederacy. 
 Cherokee Brigadier General, Stand Waitee, was the last general to surrender the Civil War. He led the Tribal Army of the Indian Territory.​

  A Tulsa town hall meeting of several law enforcement and the Oklahoma governor, was continually disrupted by several leftists and agitators.
  It had all the markings of a coordinated effort to prevent the governor and community leaders from giving important legal information to victims who are fearful that their perpetrators may be let go without due process or answering for the harms created.
 Many of the disruptions were nothing more than personal insults. 
  This event clearly shows that the next 18 months will be very contentious and perhaps worse.
  The panelists showed remarkable restraint and forbearance with the rude members of the crowd. Hopefully our state officials will hold a future event in a studio format and allow for web, radio, and television viewers to submit questions.

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  Active Republicans in Oklahoma are expressing some discontent with US Senators, largely because of the January 6th actions in a joint session of congress.

  The intrigue continues to build in Oklahoma's 2022 US Senate race. Incumbent James Lankford has drawn one declared primary opponent, Jackson Lahmeyer, of Tulsa. 
​  The text-based inquiry was sent to devices on July 1st. The question was; "If the election for US Senate was today, would you support:

1. Jackson Lahmeyer
2. James Lankford
3. Nathan Dahm

  On July 7th, we received this follow-up text, thanking us for participating.
​  Poll results:

• Nathan Dahm 37%
• James Lankford 33%
• Jackson Lahmeyer 30%

  But a new 'polling company' just released their polling results from a survey of 'likely Republican voters'.  No sampling numbers were disclosed. We replied with inquiries for more survey data, but no response was given. 
  On Sunday I asked a source close to Sen. Dahm. I was told that nothing was known about this poll, nor any plans to enter the US Senate race.

  With the new administration of the OKGOP still setting up it's team, a few conservative journalists, including SoonerPolitics founder, David Van Risseghem; put together a research team to begin a series of surveys. We sought the expertise and advice of some former lawmakers and party leaders, to help us.
  The surveys are scheduled to run over a few months and will give a more clear understanding of the values & priorities of the grassroots participants who attend party conventions as representatives of their precincts. 

  When Bob Dani was announced as Chairman Bennett's Executive Director, Dani asked that all correspondence with Bennett "goes through me, and that's just how it's gunna be.". So one of the journalists with the "Unite With Trump" research project talked with Dani late in May, in great detail about the surveys and committed to share the findings with the OKGOP leadership.  Chairman Bennett later said the info will be very helpful to him. No objections were expressed at any time. Bennett was told last October that some of those supporting his run for OKGOP Chairman, were forming a policy group under the name of Unite With Trump.