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Attorney General John O'Connor Receives Endorsement of OkFB, AFR and OCA in June Primary
Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:20:35 CDT
At the Oklahoma National Stockyards, KC Sheperd, Farm Director, met up with John O'Connor, the 19th Oklahoma Attorney General. O'Conner is making a run for a four-year term as Oklahoma Attorney General and received the support of three key Oklahoma ag groups on Tuesday.
The incumbent received the endorsements of the two general farm groups in the state(Farm Bureau and American Farmers and Ranchers) as well as the OCA.
"This is an incredible unity of rural Oklahoma," O'Connor said. "And not just rural- it's all 77 counties."
"Conservative Attorney General John O'Connor has always been there for our farmers, we can always trust him to do the right thing for our farming communities, and we are proud to support him," said Rodd Moesel, President of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. "Now more than ever, we need Attorney General John O'Connor, who has and always will stand up for our farmers across Oklahoma."
"Conservative Attorney General John O'Connor has a proven record of standing up for Oklahoma's cattlemen, there is nobody we trust more, and we are proud to support him," said Byron Yeoman, President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. "O'Connor is the right choice for Oklahoma, and we will do everything possible to help him win."
"Our farmers and ranchers are thankful that Attorney General John O'Connor has always been on their side, and we are proud to support him," said Scott Blubaugh, President of the American Farmers and Ranchers. "We need to keep John O'Connor as our Attorney General, and we will do everything possible to help elect him."
O'Connor will have the opportunity to represent some of the biggest issues we are seeing today with farmers, ranchers and ag producers. Two of the first issues that O'Connor mentioned were foreign ownership and illegal growing operations.
"I think there is big concern about those issues," O'Connor said. "Along with, and I think primarily, it is the federal overreach and keeping the Biden, Harris, and Pelosi troika out of our pocketbooks and our businesses."
On the Waters of the U.S. issue, O'Connor said he plans to fight for producers and make sure navigable waters do not include something as simple as a puddle on the sidewalk.
"I think something happens when people go to DC and they live there for 30 years," O'Connor said. "They forget what it is like to be a human being and they forget common sense."
O'Connor also mentioned problems arising pertaining to the McGirt v. Oklahoma case.
"Never has a United States state been where there are attempts to actually cut it in half," O'Connor said. "I don't think the U.S. Supreme Court is the way to do that. The constitution says if we want to reduce a state, there has to be a vote by the people of that state, and then a vote in congress."
O'Conner said he feels like the U.S. Supreme court forgot about the non-Native Americans who live in eastern Oklahoma when making their decision on McGirt.
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