Oklahoma’s GOP governor objects to Texas troops in Illinois https://t.co/EiGMpOfJ0I
— KFOR (@kfor) October 9, 2025
(The Hill) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the Republican chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA), on Thursday spoke out against the deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, characterizing the move as an apparent violation of the belief in “states’ rights.”
In an interview with the New York Times on Thursday, Stitt said he was surprised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sent troops to Illinois over the objections of the state’s governor, JB Pritzker (D), saying he thinks that’s the wrong approach.
“I was surprised that Governor Abbott sent troops from Texas to Illinois,” Stitt told NYT. “Abbott and I sued the Biden administration when the shoe was on the other foot and the Biden administration was trying to force us to vaccinate all of our soldiers and force masks across the country.”
https://kfor.com/news/local/oklahomas-gop-governor-objects-to-texas-troops-in-illinois/
Kevin Stitt, the GOP gov of Oklahoma and the chair of the National Govs Association, on Texas sending its National Guard to Illinois:
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”https://t.co/bPld6QkisU
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) October 9, 2025