Cherokee chief won’t be allowed to speak on Oklahoma House floor again, chamber leader says

Cherokee chief won’t be allowed to speak on Oklahoma House floor again, chamber leader says

OKLAHOMA CITY — The head of the Cherokee Nation will not be invited back to speak on the House floor after he took a “political position” defending Medicaid expansion, the House speaker said Thursday.

Hilbert to Hoskin: Medicaid expansion comments 'inappropriate' in House floor speech

One day after Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. spoke to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and referenced his opposition to proposals that could rollback Medicaid expansion, Speaker Kyle Hilbert wrote Hoskin a letter expressing his “disappointment” with the chief’s decision to “delve into political matters” during his invited speech. “It was quite inappropriate […] The post Hilbert to Hoskin: Medicaid expansion comments ‘inapp…