#lankford — Public Fediverse posts

Sen. #Lankford on #MtP defended #BrainWormBearDumper when repeatedly pressed on whether or not he has 100% confidence in him:

"I believe he's following the science." 🤦‍♂️
#LordHelpUs

#politics #mexico #flags #freespeech #Fascism #lankford #alt

Sen #Lankford is back to his old Far Right bull$#!+ ways, (falsely) claiming on #MtP that "#DueProcess means very different things for Citizens vs Non-citizens."

Kudos to #Welker for actually pushing back that there's any difference under the #5A, but let Lankford get away with claiming:

"Simply reading the charges against a non-citizen counts as Due Process."

No it doesn't. And EVEN IF that were true, no one did EVEN THAT MUCH to those people T**** #deported to #ElSalvador.

#Lankford called out his colleagues for bowing to #political pressure, noting that four months ago #Republicans refused to grant funding for #Ukraine, #Israel & the southern #border until there were policy changes.

“So we actually locked arms together & said we’re not going to give you money for this. We want a change in #law,” Lankford said. “When we’re finally going to the end, they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding. I actually don’t want a change in law because it’s a presidential #election year.’

“This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. There’s no #amnesty. It increases the number of #Border Patrol agents, increases #asylum officers, it increases detention beds so we can quickly detain & then deport individuals,” #Lankford said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“It focuses on additional deportation flights out. It changes our asylum process so that people get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard & then get returned back to their home country,” Lankford added.

Though senators have not yet released the text of the bill, President #Biden has praised the general framework of the deal. But #Trump has opposed the package, which has prompted several Senate #Republicans to say they would not support the measure.

On Sunday, #Lankford said his colleagues had not had a chance yet to read the full text of the bill & said there were “internet rumors” floating around about the measure that were false.

#immigration #law

Sen James #Lankford (R-OK), who is facing blowback from within his party for working on a bipartisan #border #security package, defended the bill on Sunday, saying his #Republican colleagues who have criticized the measure are misunderstanding it.

Lankford has been the #GOP’s lead negotiator on the bipartisan deal, which would tie funding for #Ukraine to border policy changes pushed by #Republicans.

#immigration #law

#Lankford defends bipartisan #border #security bill after attacks by #Trump, #GOP

‘We all have an oath to the Constitution & we have a commitment to say we’re going to do whatever we can to be able to secure the border,’ the Republican senator from Oklahoma says.

#immigration #law #HouseRepublicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/28/border-bill-trump-lankford/