Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt arrived in Washington this week with invitations to two White House meetings from an angry President Donald Trump.
Trump and Stitt, chair of the National Governors Association, were at odds over whether all the nation’s governors should be invited to the White House for what’s typically a bipartisan annual event. Trump’s administration initially had only invited Republicans, leading Stitt to tell governors that the NGA wouldn’t play a role in facilitating the Friday morning event.
Trump also took to his social media website, Truth Social, to declare that he wouldn’t invite two Democratic governors — Maryland’s Wes Moore and Colorado’s Jared Polis — to Saturday’s White House dinner. Trump said Moore and Polis “are not worthy of being there.”
Because all governors weren’t invited, Stitt initially told NGA members in a letter that the association would not play a role in facilitating the White House business meeting. Days later, Stitt told governors the White House had reversed course and invited all governors to the Friday morning meeting.
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