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.”
Regarding Beijing’s attempts to influence him, Stitt said he has effectively blocked them.
“They don’t reach out to me,” he said. “I’ve shut them down.”…
Oklahoma Governor Details Steps to Secure State Against CCP Influence
