{"id":2569348,"date":"2026-02-12T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rips-oklahomas-rino-governor-over-false-claim-that-only-republicans-were-invited-to-upcoming-dinner\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:17:40","slug":"trump-rips-oklahomas-rino-governor-over-false-claim-that-only-republicans-were-invited-to-upcoming-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-rips-oklahomas-rino-governor-over-false-claim-that-only-republicans-were-invited-to-upcoming-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rips Oklahoma&#8217;s &#8216;RINO&#8217; Governor Over False Claim That Only Republicans Were Invited to Upcoming Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-rips-oklahomas-rino-governor-over-false-claim-that-only-republicans-were-invited-to-upcoming-dinner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2569348&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jasmine-crockett-reveals-what-happened-off-camera-during-clash-with-mtg-it-was-gonna-get-into-a-fight\/\" title=\"Rep. Jasmine Crockett Details Off-Camera Confrontation with MTG: &#039;It Was Close to a Fight\">article centers<\/a> on a dispute over invitations to a White House dinner with the National Governors Association. President Donald Trump attacked Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt after Stitt suggested Trump would limit invitations to Democrats, claiming instead that invitations were sent to all governors except two deemed unworthy and insulting several Democratic and Republican figures by name. Stitt had previously complained to the NGA that the White House might not invite all governors, prompting the NGA to distance itself from the invitation process. Maryland Governor Wes Moore,the nation\u2019s only Black governor,said being left out <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >carried extra importance<\/a>.The piece also notes subsequent statements from Stitt\u2019s office and coverage from KOCO-TV, contextualizing the surrounding political tensions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump lambasted Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma over comments indicating that Trump was not inviting Democrats to an upcoming White House meeting of the nation&rsquo;s governors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The RINO Governor of the Great State of Oklahoma, in which I won all 77 Counties, three times (The only person to do so!), incorrectly stated my position on the very exclusive Governors Annual Dinner and Meeting at the White House: &lsquo;The White House intends to limit invitations to the annual business meeting, scheduled for February 20th, to Republican Governors only.&rsquo; That is false!&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116054089500353661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The invitations were sent to ALL Governors, other than two, who I feel are not worthy of being there,&rdquo; Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did not invite the Governor of Colorado, who has unfairly incarcerated in solitary confinement a 73-year-old cancer stricken woman (A nine year term!), for attempting to fight Democrat Voter Fraud, plus the foul mouthed Governor of Maryland, who fraudulently stated that he received Military medals, A LIE, is doing a terrible job on the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and has allowed Baltimore to continue to be a Crime Disaster,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said even his enemies are invited.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing. So, as usual with him, Stitt got it WRONG! The Invitations were sent out to all other Governors, Democrat and Republican,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look forward to seeing the Republican Governors, and some of the Democrats Governors who were worthy of being invited, but most of whom won&rsquo;t show up,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Kevin Stitt, the very mediocre (at best!) RINO Governor of Oklahoma, was losing his Election to a Democrat, primarily because he did a bad job, he called for my help. I Endorsed him, and he won &mdash; Sorry, my cherished Oklahoma, to have done that to you!&rdquo; Trump added in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116054547319697639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>  postscript.<\/p>\n<p>Stitt began the path that led to his public scolding on Monday by complaining to the National Governors Association about the plan for inviting governors to the upcoming event, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/trump-oklahoma-governor-kevin-stitt-rino-nga-governors-meeting-white-house\/70316937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOCO-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NGA staff was informed that the White House intends to limit invitations to the annual business meeting, scheduled for February 20, to Republican governors only. Because NGA&rsquo;s mission is to represent all 50 states and their governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,&rdquo; Stitt&rsquo;s letter said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this time, I am not aware of a governor who has received an invitation, and it remains unclear whether the President still plans to host the meeting,&rdquo; the Monday letter said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Additional rumors have circulated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-open-new-york-is-closed-and-ny-has-more-covid-deaths\/\" title=\"Florida Is Open, New York Is Closed, And NY Has More COVID Deaths\">national media<\/a> concerning the traditional Saturday evening dinner at the White House. Amid these reports, no invitations have yet been issued to Governors for the dinner. Alongside Governor Moore, we will continue to seek clarity,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who Trump noted was not invited along with Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, had complained earlier he was being excluded &mdash; even before the invitations went out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the nation&rsquo;s only Black governor, I can&rsquo;t ignore that being singled out for exclusion from this bipartisan tradition carries an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nga-cancels-meeting-at-white-house-after-trump-snubs-democrats\/\" title=\"NGA cancels ... at ... after ... snubs ...\">added weight &#038;mdash<\/a>; whether that was the intent or not,&rdquo; he wrote earlier, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/nation-world\/wes-moore-uninvited-national-governors-association-nga-dinner-maryland-governor-white-house-politics-meeting-democratic-political-dispute-social-media-black-president-donald-trump-gov-jared-polis-colorado-events-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KATV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Trump&rsquo;s  post, KOCO asked Stitt, who had vented his concerns about federal <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5705702-oklahoma-gov-kevin-stitt-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> enforcement, about the event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just got off the phone with the president before I came out here. The thing with the dinner that happens every single year at the White House with the National Governors Association, it&rsquo;s all 50 governors. So, all we&rsquo;ve said is, &lsquo;Hey, the president can invite whoever he wants to the White House. The NGA is not the right facilitator if it&rsquo;s not going to be just every single governor,&rsquo;&rdquo; Stitt said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I&rsquo;m excited. I&rsquo;ll be at the White House. I&rsquo;m very pumped about going. I represent Oklahoma no matter who is in the White House. When Biden invited me to the White House, I was there. When Trump invites me to the White House, and we have great relationships,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump&rsquo;s post, comment from Stitt&rsquo;s office was more subdued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On Feb 9, Governor Stitt received his invitation to the White House Breakfast Meeting next week, and he looks forward to the rest of his colleagues receiving their invitations today,&rdquo; a statement from Stitt&rsquo;s office said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Trump claimed Stitt had lied, insisting invitations were sent to all governors except two he deemed unworthy, and he said he would invite some of his opponents too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In his rant, Trump suggested invites went beyond party lines, boasting that even his \u201cenemies\u201d would be invited. He implied he had endorsed Stitt in the past and teased that more Democrats and Republicans would be invited if they were deemed worthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stitt had privately told the National Governors Association that the White House planned to limit invitations to Republican governors, arguing the NGA should represent all 50 states. He also said no invitations had been issued yet and that there was no clarity about whether the president would host the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore had complained earlier about being excluded, noting his status as the nation&#8217;s only Black governor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After Trump\u2019s post, Stitt\u2019s office issued a more muted statement saying Stitt had received his invitation to the White House breakfast and expected his colleagues to receive theirs soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article also notes Stitt\u2019s earlier comments about federal immigration enforcement during KOCO\u2019s coverage and his belief that the event should involve all 50 governors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2569349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-12T120417.744.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[12474,8402,3634],"class_list":["post-2569348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-oklahoma","tag-rino","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-02-12T120417.744.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569352,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569348\/revisions\/2569352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}