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Lankford: GOP Killing Border Deal ‘Because It’s a Presidential Election Year’
Breitbart ^ | 01/28/2024 | Pam Key

Posted on 01/28/2024 9:11:28 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that his Republican colleagues criticizing the bipartisan border deal are doing so because “it’s a presidential election year.”

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said, “This bill normalizes 5,000 people coming in a day.”

Lankford said, “Right now these internet rumors is all the people are running on. It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day. 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 and then deport individuals. It ends catch and release. It focuses on additional deportation flights out. It changes our asylum process so that people get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard, and then get returned back to their home country. This is not about letting 5,000 people in a day. This is the most misunderstood section of this proposal.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: becauseitsucks; border; deal; gop; invasion; lankford; treason
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Does the bill REALLY do what Lankford says it does?“

No. Biden will ignore anything good in it. Any money for border enforcement will go to process and send illegals all over the country. Not one dime will go to slow the invasion. Lankford is a traitor and this is a rescue Biden bill.


41 posted on 01/28/2024 9:38:47 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Kaiser8408a

Lest we forget...

“Lankford proposes to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth”

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/columns/2020/07/02/lankford-proposes-to-replace-columbus-day-with-juneteenth/60393711007/


42 posted on 01/28/2024 9:38:59 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: BobL

Forget the “sarc” tag, Butch?

Or is math hard, Barbie?

1/5000 = 7/35000


43 posted on 01/28/2024 9:38:59 AM PST by Rinnwald
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To: blitz128
This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day.

Yer ass. It could be done in one day.

Stop yanking my chain.

44 posted on 01/28/2024 9:39:36 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Macoozie

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Lankford will do anything for Joe Biden.

Like McCarthy and McConnell.

This bill designed to be attached to a big spending bill for Ukraine was designed to Bamboozle the Republican Voters.


45 posted on 01/28/2024 9:40:49 AM PST by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: Leaning Right

I had read its up to 8,000 per day..here’s an idea, how about NONE per day..how about saying for once “AMERICA IS CLOSED WE CANT TAKE IN ANYMORE” how about THAT for once coming out of these pro amnesty schmucks


46 posted on 01/28/2024 9:45:43 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sacajaweau; All

The next fight would be the Rats saying 20k/day and the Repukes arguing for a modest 7500. These people are idiots


47 posted on 01/28/2024 9:48:16 AM PST by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Rinnwald

“Or is math hard, Barbie?”

...Sunday morning.


48 posted on 01/28/2024 9:48:38 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: blitz128
It changes our asylum process so that people get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard, and then get returned back to their home country.

Why do we even need asylum screening at the southern border?

Are there wars in South America that we don't know about? Are there Central America dictators who are mass killing their citizens that we don't know about?

-PJ

49 posted on 01/28/2024 9:54:05 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

OK needs to get rid of this guy.


50 posted on 01/28/2024 9:54:40 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: wiseprince

“The next fight would be the Rats saying 20k/day and the Repukes arguing for a modest 7500. These people are idiots”


They are NOT idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing.


51 posted on 01/28/2024 9:55:49 AM PST by Ken H (Trump 2024)
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To: Tommy Revolts

“It could be done in one day.”

No kidding. 1,800 miles of concertina wire and an armed force with “shoot to kill” orders would stop it immediately.

I’d really like to see 24/7 Warthog sorties along the border. A few BBbbbrrrrappps from the A10s would send a message.


52 posted on 01/28/2024 9:56:03 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Lankford. a true Establishment Democrat. Aka, RINO!


53 posted on 01/28/2024 9:59:57 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Sacajaweau
The deal allows 5000 a day....It should be “0”.

Lankford won reelecton in 2022, so now he is screwing over his constituents with the expectation that they will all forget his treachery in 2028. The U.S. Senate is a den of vipers which needs reform. IMHO, the term for a U.S. Senator should be reduce to four years. A six year term allows this kind of betrayal.
54 posted on 01/28/2024 10:01:01 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: blitz128

Typical Washington B S. All that’s necessary is to actually enforce the laws already on the books. They don’t like that because it doesn’t allow additional spending of money we don’t have. Have you noticed, every new problem Washington creates requires new laws and new spending? It’s the spending they’re focused on, not solving any problem. Corruption follows money as night follows day.


55 posted on 01/28/2024 10:01:37 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: blitz128

“It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day. This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day.”


Haven’t read the proposed bill, but I detect weasel-words In the above quote. We can cut illegal crossings to zero by simply declaring them to be legal. Five thousand per day comes to close to 2 million per year. Do we want or need that many new people coming in? And should the American people have a say in the matter?


56 posted on 01/28/2024 10:05:13 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: Sacajaweau; bitt; little jeremiah

The deal allows 5000 a day....It should be “0”.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

excerpt: comparison that shows lankford is up to his gills in DS/Rino faction (aka mcturdle butt boy):

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said, “This bill normalizes 5,000 people coming in a day.”

Lankford said, “Right now these internet rumors is all the people are running on. It would be absolutely absurd for me to agree to 5,000 people a day.


57 posted on 01/28/2024 10:05:33 AM PST by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: blitz128

I well and truly hate these establishment Republican senators.


58 posted on 01/28/2024 10:07:13 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Sacajaweau

The deal allows 5000 a day....It should be “0”.

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deal allows brandon to legally admit 5000/day or doing the math:

(5,000*365)= 1,825,000 per year.


59 posted on 01/28/2024 10:09:09 AM PST by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: blitz128

We do not need a border deal to secure the border.

The government does not need more money to do it.

Everything is place and it simply needs to be enforced as it should be.

And buying every illegal a one way ticket to their country of origin is far cheaper than giving them all the handouts they are demanding.


60 posted on 01/28/2024 10:09:58 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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