Speaker 1: Listen, all you New Yorkers.
Speaker 2: You can't taxi.
Speaker 3: Okay, they were looking around.
Speaker 4: This is the 77 WABC minicast. We love the great
Speaker 4: state of Oklahoma.
Speaker 1: I've been to Oklahoma many, many, many times, and it's
Speaker 1: a great state, and they've got a lot of resources.
Speaker 1: Great people.
Speaker 4: Great people. I agree. And joining us now is the
Speaker 4: great governor there of Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt. We miss you, Governor.
Speaker 4: You joined us in studio a couple times. We thought
Speaker 4: you were going to be, we thought it was going
Speaker 4: to be Kat Cosby and Governor Stitt.
Speaker 3: Hey, I love being on with you. I wish I
Speaker 3: was there in person in New York City. But John
Speaker 3: and Rita, it's always great talking to you.
Speaker 1: You too.
Speaker 4: You know, Governor, we wanted to get your take because
Speaker 4: you are such a great common sense guy. And you've
Speaker 4: got now This is in the Senate Democratic Party, of course.
Speaker 4: This is the nominee. And it's in the Mark Wayne
Speaker 4: Mullen seat, which we hope stays in Republican hands big time.
Speaker 4: But it's a DSA candidate. I mean, how is that
Speaker 4: possible in Oklahoma?
Speaker 3: Well, first off, Kevin Hearn is going to be the
Speaker 3: next U.S. senator to fill Mark Wayne Mullen's seat. Yeah,
Speaker 3: he'll definitely win in November. But that just shows you how,
Speaker 3: you know, the Democratic Party, their butt's in a sling
Speaker 3: a little bit because they've got these DSA candidates that
Speaker 3: are popping up everywhere. and it's really frightening. I mean,
Speaker 3: number one, I had to look up who this girl
Speaker 3: is because she's not going to win in Oklahoma, period.
Speaker 3: So don't worry about that. But really, the things that
Speaker 3: they're spewing and saying are just so anti-American. I don't
Speaker 3: know who would vote for these type of folks, but
Speaker 3: it's really concerning. I mean, they're just They believe more
Speaker 3: government control. They believe in the government grocery stores. We're
Speaker 3: seeing all the things happen nationally and very conservative. This
Speaker 3: lady wants to abolish the U.S. Senate. She wants to
Speaker 3: do just a bunch of crazy things. And but it
Speaker 3: doesn't stand up with Oklahoma values. I'll tell you that.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's for sure. By the way, you guys, I know, Governor,
Speaker 4: you're having a constitutional convention.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 4: Tell us about it. We love that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, absolutely. Well, we've got a really long constitution.
Speaker 3: We became a state in 1907. And so in our constitution,
Speaker 3: it gives the votes of the people every 20 years
Speaker 3: to say, hey, should we have a new constitutional convention
Speaker 3: to just modernize our constitution? Like one of the things,
Speaker 3: when the governor is out of the state, the lieutenant
Speaker 3: governor becomes governor because back in 1907, the governor was
Speaker 3: on a horse and buggy for a month going to Washington, D.C.
Speaker 3: So it made sense then. Well, now with technology, Those
Speaker 3: kind of things are just a little antiquated. And so
Speaker 3: our people get the chance every 20 years to say,
Speaker 3: should we relook at it? So that's what I that's
Speaker 3: what I've asked for. So that'll go to a vote
Speaker 3: of the people here in the not too distant future.
Speaker 4: And you've got obviously you guys are energy rich. I mean,
Speaker 4: you look at the whole thing. Talk about what you're
Speaker 4: doing there, especially with nuclear.
Speaker 3: Well, absolutely. Well, first off, Oklahoma, I tell our story
Speaker 3: all the time. We're a huge oil and gas state.
Speaker 3: We're so proud of our oil and gas industry. Because
Speaker 3: of that, we've got some of the most affordable electricity
Speaker 3: costs in the country. But I think what your listeners
Speaker 3: would find interesting as well is Oklahoma's number two in
Speaker 3: electricity generated by wind. in the entire country. And now
Speaker 3: we're one of five states that are looking at a
Speaker 3: nuclear innovation campus. And so President Trump is trying to say, hey,
Speaker 3: we've got to get our arms around this new generation.
Speaker 3: About 20% of the electricity generated nationally is from nuclear.
Speaker 3: And so Oklahoma wants to be one of those states
Speaker 3: that continues to develop the latest and greatest And these
Speaker 3: SMRs are also something that we're looking at to power
Speaker 3: smaller factories, data centers. It's a carbon neutral type facility.
Speaker 3: And it just makes a lot of sense to invest
Speaker 3: in nuclear. And that's why Oklahoma wants to continue to
Speaker 3: be an energy leader.
Speaker 1: That is the long-term solution of energy versus fossil fuels
Speaker 1: versus everything else. The stupid ones are the ones that
Speaker 1: the windmills don't work. And those solar cells are made
Speaker 1: in China. That is a bigger problem. And we have
Speaker 1: a common sense Democrat in the studio. We have Governor
Speaker 1: David Patterson. Governor, you want to ask the governor a question?
Speaker 2: No, I just want to tell the governor a story.
Speaker 2: In 2010, one Sunday morning, I was having a hard time.
Speaker 2: And this friend of mine who lived in New Jersey said,
Speaker 2: why don't we meet for breakfast and talk about it?
Speaker 2: So I went across the bridge like 15 minutes from
Speaker 2: where I live. But as you pointed out, I did
Speaker 2: not tell the lieutenant governor that I was going over
Speaker 2: the bridge. When they found out about it, they harassed
Speaker 2: me for months as if there was some secret mission
Speaker 2: or something.
Speaker 3: And the restaurant now.
Speaker 1: Like the mission with, what was it, two guys? With
Speaker 1: Hakeem Jeffries and.
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, with Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner?
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4: Like you went over the bridge.
Speaker 1: I went over the bridge.
Speaker 2: And now that restaurant... has twice the customers it did
Speaker 2: before because there was so much publicity over that incident.
Speaker 1: Did you urinate there, too, so they could have a sign,
Speaker 1: Governor Patterson urinated here?
Speaker 4: You don't have to answer that, Governor.
Speaker 1: I don't recall. I don't recall, Your Honor. Governor, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for coming on today, and God bless America.
Speaker 1: May common sense prevail in our country.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and keep up the great work there. You're doing
Speaker 4: some great stuff. Wonderful to have you here, Governor. And
Speaker 4: you've got to let us know when you're back in
Speaker 4: New York. We'd love to have you anytime.
Speaker 3: I love it. I'll come back and see y'all. And
Speaker 3: thanks so much. I love, John, what you're saying, common sense,
Speaker 3: because I always tell people I'm bringing Oklahoma common sense
Speaker 3: all over the world, and we need more of that.
Speaker 1: And we need the common sense Democrats to vote with
Speaker 1: us because we've got to win in November.
Speaker 3: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Absolutely.
Speaker 3: Oklahoma, trust me, we'll send you another Republican senator.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Thank you. Governor, thank you.
Speaker 4: It was wonderful to talk with you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. What do we all stand for?
Speaker 3: Truth.
Speaker 1: Justice. And the American way.
Speaker 2: Yay!