Senate leader says there was no malice in 'fried chicken' remark

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Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, says there’s no need to condemn Sen. Randy Brogdon for a remark made on the Senate floor earlier this week.

During discussions on House Joint Resolution 1054 that would allow Oklahoma voters to decided whether to change the state’s Constitution to allow the state to opt out of the federal health care plan, Brogdon, R-Owasso, said:

“I believe what Congress did this weekend was unconstitutional. It’s a mandate. Where’s it going to stop? Are they going to require us to purchase fried chicken for dinner tomorrow night?”

During debate on the same bill, Sen. Tom Adelson, D-Tulsa, asked Brogdon why he used “fried chicken” as an example. Brogdon said that’s what he had for lunch that day.

Continue to his remarks at Blog.NewsOK.com