The Democrat acknowledged, however, that his idea is more to make a point.
“If you think that’s crazy then I think that maybe you understand how 50 percent of Oklahomans feel, as well,” he said.
He later spoke with MSNBC’s Katie Phang about the proposal.
“To kind of fight fire with fire I proposed a tongue-in-cheek proposal to mandate vasectomies to prove a point how absurd and ridiculous it is to regulate one’s bodily autonomy,” he later told MSNBC’s Katie Phang. I will be on the record to say I don’t believe that govt should regulation anyone’s reproductive system but in this case it seems to have really resonated..."