OK GOP Making Headlines After Controversial Facebook Post

The State Chairman of the Republican Party of Oklahoma is apologizing after a controversial post on the party's Facebook page.

Tuesday, July 14th 2015, 6:50 pm

By: Karl Torp


The State Chairman of the Republican Party of Oklahoma is apologizing after a controversial post on the party's Facebook page.

Critics claim the post compares food stamp recipients to animals.

The Original Facebook post by the Oklahoma Republican Party touts the government's food stamp program as proudly distributing free meals to 46 million people.

“Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, asks us ‘Please do not feed the animals.’ Their stated reason for the policy is because ‘The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.’ Thus ends today's lesson in irony #OKGOP,” stated the Facebook post.”

“I was appalled,” says Democrat Rep. Scott Inman, the House Minority Leader.

7/14/2015 Related Story: Oklahoma Republican Party Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals In FB Post

Republicans lawmakers are also blasting the Facebook post.

“As someone who could have easily qualified just five years ago for food stamps and welfare, that was offensive to me,” says Republican Rep. Justin Wood of Shawnee.

Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Randy Brogdon pulled the original Facebook post and posted an apology, saying his comments were “misinterpreted”

His Facebook apology goes on to say, “the post was supposed to be an analogy that compared two situations illustrating the cycle of government dependency in America, not humans as animals."

“I offer my apologies for those who were offended, that was not my intention” said the statement now on the OKGOP Facebook page.

Gov. Mary Fallin said in a statement she appreciated the post's removal and accepted Brogdon's explanation.

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