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Kevin Stitt: “We have 50 different laboratories of democracy.”

Featuring: Kevin Stitt, Republican | Governor of Oklahoma

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The Honorable J. Kevin Stitt and The Honorable Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 43:56

And we don't want, you know, the thing that frustrates people, I think nationally about these elections, national elections, is, you know, the Federal government shouldn't dictate all of our lives across the country. Right. We have 50 different laboratories of democracy. And, you know, we don't want. We don't want Oklahoma to become California, and you don't want Maryland to be Texas or Florida. And the governors are elected by the people of their states. (43:56–44:00)

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Asserts that each state functions as a separate entity for democratic experimentation.

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