Mark McBride
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the 53rd district
Assumed office
November 14, 2012
Preceded byRandy Terrill
Personal details
Born (1961-04-03) April 3, 1961
Moore, Oklahoma, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Citizen Potawatomi Nation[1]
Political partyRepublican
Alma materMoore High School
Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Mark McBride (born April 3, 1961) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 53rd district since 2012.[2][3]

Early life

McBride's family has lived in Moore, Oklahoma since the 1940s. He graduated from Moore High School in 1979 and was an active participant in National FFA Organization. He briefly attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University before leaving to go into farming.[3]

Career

In 2020, he was re-elected by default.[4]

In March 2020, McBride authored HB 3967, an anti-BDS bill which prohibits the State of Oklahoma from contracting with any individual or company that boycotts goods or services from Israel. McBride, who has no background in law or international affairs, explained his motivation as primarily religious, saying "The Bible is clear that those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed."[5]

McBride has also been an outspoken defender of the oil and gas industry, defending tax breaks for the industry and authoring bills to limit opposition to proposed fossil fuel projects. In 2019, a leaked recording revealed that the oil and gas industry had been behind the language enacted in a large number of US states, including language authored by McBride which criminalized protests against fossil fuel projects.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "A glance at Indigenous state lawmakers". Indian Country Today. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "McBride wins House seat for District 53". Normantranscript.com. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  3. 1 2 "Representative Mark McBride". Okhouse.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  4. ↑ Savage, Tres (2020). "More than 40 Oklahoma legislators re-elected by default". NonDoc.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma House Passes pro-Israel Bill". The Oklahoman. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  6. ↑ "OIL LOBBYIST TOUTS SUCCESS IN EFFORT TO CRIMINALIZE PIPELINE PROTESTS, LEAKED RECORDING SHOWS". The Intercept. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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