Enid, Oklahoma voters boot city council member with white nationalist ties

Enid, Oklahoma — Voters within the northwest Oklahoma metropolis of Enid ousted a Metropolis Council member who has ties to white nationalism, in keeping with unofficial outcomes posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board web site.

With all 4 precincts reporting in Enid’s Ward 1, outcomes present voters selected to recall 42-year-old Judd Blevins. They as an alternative chosen Cheryl Patterson, a grandmother and longtime youth chief at an space church, to fill the seat.

Blevins, an Iraq Battle veteran, was narrowly elected to the seat final yr regardless of his ties to white nationalist teams.

Blevins acknowledged at a neighborhood discussion board final week that he marched in the Unite the Proper rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. He additionally admitted being related to the now-defunct white supremacist group Identification Evropa.

When requested on the discussion board to clarify his involvement within the rally and his ties to Identification Evropa, he responded: “Bringing consideration to the identical points that bought Donald Trump elected in 2016: securing America’s borders, reforming our authorized immigration system and, fairly frankly, pushing again on this anti-white hatred that’s so widespread in media leisure.”

The recall effort in Oklahoma was launched by two longtime Enid residents, greatest associates Connie Vickers and Nancy Presnall, each Democrats, in a county the place Republicans have a virtually 4-to-1 benefit in voter registration.

CBS Oklahoma Metropolis affiliate KWTV experiences that in an announcement in regards to the outcomes, Blevins mentioned, “I first wish to categorical my gratitude to my voters, volunteers, donors, and to everybody who has prayed for me and supported me. It took a coalition of leftists and moderates, an all out media blitz from native, state, and nationwide shops, and scare ways about the way forward for Vance AFB, unfounded in any reality or actuality, but shamefully endorsed by the institution, to take away a real conservative from workplace. So be it. This was a trial not only for me, however for a lot of on this neighborhood. And lots of have proven who they actually serve. I’ve fought the great battle. I’ve completed the race. I’ve stored the religion.”

Extra from CBS Information