Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols delivered sharp criticism of Gov. Kevin Stitt after the governor asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block the city's tribal jurisdiction agreement with the Muscogee Nation.

"I think a more direct way would be; it is riddled with just lies," Nichols said.

The mayor isn't holding back in his response to Stitt's emergency filing, which claims Tulsa's agreement with the Muscogee Nation will "endanger public safety" and encourage other cities to follow suit, even though the governor argues such agreements aren't legally allowed.

"The notion that there's been any time where we do not enforce the law in the city is false. It's incorrect. It's an outright lie. Governor knows that. Governor does not care about that," Nichols said.

The agreement, signed in June, estab

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