President Donald Trump lashed out a Republican governor Thursday — reviving an old beef and continuing a battle over an upcoming governors’ event at the White House.
Trump spent Wednesday and Thursday lashing out at Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt after Stitt told the National Governors Association members that it would no longer plan on a formal meeting with Trump during its bipartisan governor's weekend in Washington, D.C., Politico reported. Stitt is the chair of the organization and made statement following the White House decision that certain Democrats wouldn't be invited at the business meeting slated for Feb. 20, which has historically been bipartisan.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform again on Thursday to attack Stitt and Democratic governors. He wrote the following:
"Remember, it was RINO Governor Kevin Stitt, of Oklahoma, who was massively behind his Opponent in his previous Election for Governor, who called me to ask for help. I Endorsed him (Barely!), and he won his Race. He then went on to modestly represent among the greatest people on Earth, the incredible Patriots of “The Sooner State,” who gave me unprecedented Voting acclimation in all three Elections, winning every County within the State, three times, and getting more Votes than anyone who has ever run for Office, including the Late, Great Ronald Reagan. In any event, we will soon have a Governor in Oklahoma who knows how to accurately write a Press Release to the Public, in this case, to state that I invited, not happily, almost all Democrat Governors to the Governor’s Dinner at the White House. Stitt, a wiseguy, knew this, but tried to get some cheap publicity by stating otherwise. Anyway, I’ll see whoever shows up at the White House, the fewer the better! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP"
