GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt Says Democrats Aren’t Trying To Turn Illegals Into Voters

Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt suggested he does not think Democrats are supporting lax border security policies for the goal of getting illegal immigrants to vote for the party.

The governor, who is known to have a tenuous relationship with President Donald Trump, said that in his view, Democrats’ intentions are not to make foreign nationals part of the country’s voter rolls, in an interview with NPR that aired Thursday. The Oklahoma Republican’s colleagues come as the Senate is considering the Trump-backed SAVE America Act, which would, in part, require proof of citizenship for voter registration, amid fierce opposition from Democratic lawmakers.

“Even my Democrat governor colleagues, they’re not trying to get illegals here to turn them into voters. I don’t believe that’s what Democrat politicians are trying to do,” Stitt told NPR.

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“And just like Republicans get a bad rap that people think Republicans don’t like immigrants. That’s not true. There’s some common ground that if we sit down together, we can figure this out,” the governor added.

“Oklahoma is a leader in voter integrity to ensure secure elections. This includes requiring all voters to provide a state-issued ID to do so and ensuring only citizens register to vote,” a spokesperson for Stitt told the Daily Caller News Foundation