Stitt was Carlson’s guest on Wednesday’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show, and Carlson asked the governor what the court ruling means for the state. “The state — if there is an Indian involved — has lost jurisdiction to prosecute those crimes; our police have lost jurisdiction,” Stitt told Carlson. “Our police are having a tough time because you can’t tell who an Indian is and who’s not an Indian in the eastern part of Oklahoma,” Stitt said on Fox News. “It’s preposterous.”The landmark McGirt ruling determined that the Muscogee Nation reservation was never disestablished by Congress when Oklahoma became a state. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton released a statement Thursday in response to Stitt’s comments, saying: “Once again, Gov.

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