Oklahoma Senator under investigation for incident at motel with teen boy

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18. Just to give you an idea of what sort of upstanding politician the guy is...

From colorlines.com, May 28, 2013:
Senator Ralph Shortey (R-Ok.) summed up some up the backlash, telling CNN that Latinos "are not assimilating and enriching the culture of Oklahoma. They are invading the culture...Oklahoma is not the melting pot...(Latinos are) not doing their culture any favors when it's shoved into Oklahomans' faces."

From Feministing, January 2012:

A Republican state senator from Oklahoma City introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food, despite conceding that he’s unaware of any company using such a practice. Freshman Sen. Ralph Shortey said his own Internet research led him to believe such a ban is necessary and prompted him to offer the bill aimed at raising “public awareness” and giving an “ultimatum to companies” that might consider such a policy.

And from the DallasVoice, same year:

One bill he filed in the last session of the Legislature would have denied Oklahoma citizenship to children of illegal immigrants born in the state. Exactly what is “Oklahoma citizenship”? Possibly no Oklahoma passports would be issued to them. However, the U.S. Constitution grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born in this country. Can you be a U.S. citizen in only 49 states? Well, maybe. After all, you can be legally married in some and can cross a state line and suddenly not be married.

And here’s a big surprise — Shortey is a “birther.” In another piece of failed legislation, a presidential candidate would have to provide proof of citizenship to be placed on an Oklahoma primary ballot.

He also introduced bills to eliminate the Court of Criminal Appeals, to confiscate the cars and homes of illegal immigrants, and to allow legislators to carry firearms anywhere in the state, including on the floor of the Senate and House.

From the Duncanbanner, February 2017:

Voters at the time overwhelmingly approved a pair of state questions that would institute those reforms. State Question 780 reclassified certain non-violent drug and theft offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, in an effort to reduce the number of people locked up in prison. A companion piece, State Question 781, sends any savings to counties to pay for rehabilitation programs. Many law enforcement officers and prosecutors didn’t favor the changes, and the pros and cons were debated throughout the campaign. Now, state lawmakers have introduced several bills that would change parts of the laws. One legislator, state Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, drew a lot of criticism because of two bills he introduced. They would, if approved by the Legislature as is, undo every change made in the the state questions approved by voters.

From the HeraldCurrier last week:

(on his bill allowing property owners to shoot down drones) "It doesn't matter how you damage that thing," Shortey said. "As a private citizen, you have a reasonable expectation of privacy above your property"

Stephen McKeever serves as chairman of the governor's Unmanned Aerial Systems Council, which opposes the legislation. He said drones are classified as an aircraft and that it's against federal law to shoot down an aircraft. "So, the bill opens itself up to the state pre-emption of federal law," McKeever said. McKeever argued that the bill encourages the discharge of a weapon within a residential area, which against state law.