Oklahoma Governor Details Steps to Secure State Against CCP Influence

China is ‘literally coming directly to the states,’ Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said.
Oklahoma Governor Details Steps to Secure State Against CCP Influence
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City, on Feb. 11, 2021. Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo
Frank Fang
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said China has been trying to exert influence at the state level across the United States, which he has rejected while also creating his own international strategy to avoid reliance on China-made imports.

“They’re going to the states now because Congress is so dysfunctional,” Stitt said in an interview on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program that aired on Aug. 1. “It’s so political. It’s so partisan that they’re literally coming directly to the states.”
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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