Topics brought up included gun rights, broadband and road infrastructure.
[7] An editorial by The Kansas City Star called her advice “dangerous.”[7][8][9] In 2022, she opposed the Joe Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers.
In 2020, O’Laughlin sponsored legislation to require transgender high school athletes to compete based on their assigned sex at birth.
She and her husband own and operate a trucking company and ready-mix concrete business with Missouri locations in Shelbina, Macon, Marceline and La Belle.
She has also served on numerous statewide boards, such as the Associated Builders and Contractors and the Missouri Club for Growth.