The Washington Examiner reports that former Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall has gone full-culture-war in his bid for governor. His latest ad doesn’t just dip a toe – it slams a knife into the transgender debate. Standing in a kitchen, McCall chops a banana in half and declares, “Cutting this banana does not make it an orange. Gender is God-given, and there’s only two of them.” Then he lands the haymaker: “I have a simple message for any lunatic pushing sex change for kids. You first.”
The ad arrives as McCall tries to close a razor-thin polling gap with Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who’s under fire for a 2023 deal with the ACLU that temporarily halted enforcement of Oklahoma’s ban on child transgender surgeries. McCall has the Oklahoma Conservative Coalition pouring $1.6 million behind him, and polling shows the two candidates virtually tied.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Charles McCall’s new TV ad goes viral: banana-slicing knife demo + “Gender is God-given” message + “You first” slap at trans-surgery activists.
- It’s a direct hit on AG Drummond, who angered conservatives by cutting a deal with the ACLU to pause Oklahoma’s ban on child transition procedures.
- McCall isn’t new to this fight – as Speaker, he backed laws banning trans surgeries for minors and requiring students to use bathrooms by birth sex.
- Polls show McCall and Drummond in a dead heat, with roughly a third of GOP voters still undecided. Translation: this ad could move the needle.
- McCall doubles down with a Trump-aligned message: no woke nonsense, no apologies, and no boys in the girls’ locker room.
My Bottom Line
Granted, it’s Oklahoma, not Boulder, so yes, this plays. Still, it’s refreshing to see a candidate willing to speak plainly about the good, the true, and the beautiful rather than swallowing the transgender insanity whole. McCall didn’t mince words; he minced fruit.
Do I think Colorado voters are ready for a knife-wielding, banana-chopping ad declaring “only two genders”? Some are, absolutely. But the broader electorate? Not yet. Colorado’s political stomach still wants its progressive dessert tray. But that doesn’t mean the message is wrong. It just means that in Oklahoma, this truth resonates, while in Colorado, it’s still radioactive. For now.
