James Lankford

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America’s immigration and border policies.

After the Democratic president said this past week he was willing to “make significant compromises on the border,” Republicans quickly revived demands that they had earlier set aside, hardening their positions and attempting to shift the negotiations to the right, according to a person familiar with the talks who was not authorized to publicly discuss them and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The latest proposal, from the lead GOP negotiator, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., came during a meeting with a core group of senators before they left Washington on Thursday afternoon. It could force the White House to consider ideas that many Democrats will seriously oppose, throwing new obstacles in the difficult negotiations.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-border-immigration-ukraine-6bdcc5dde4dadb48b43ace75b5a55242

In a nutshell, the lives of countless Ukrainians and Gaza civilians are being used to force the U.S. to toe the Trump line.

Not really difficult negotiations at all.  Either they are for Putin or against him.   And the Republicontins are showing daily their deep support of Russia.

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Republican Senator James Lankford is facing backlash after the alleged details of a sweeping immigration bill he worked on leaked over the weekend.

Republicans, who have been sharply critical of President Joe Biden's approach to immigration, are pushing for policies to tighten border security, while some Democrats are aiming to streamline the immigration process for asylum-seekers. Congressional leaders are trying to strike a deal that could pass both the Republican-led House of Representatives and Democratic-led Senate.

The conservative-aligned Immigration Accountability Project on Saturday leaked the alleged details of the immigration plan, sparking a MAGA uproar over policies viewed as insufficiently conservative.

The organization alleged that the plan would include an allowance of 5,000 migrant crossings per day into the United States, grant work permits to the adult children of H-1B visa holders and automatically grant work permits to undocumented migrants as soon as they are released from custody.
Oklahoma Senator Lankford, a Republican who has been engaged with Democrats in negotiations on the immigration deal, has denied the leak.

Amid backlash from conservatives over the leak, one Oklahoma lawmaker is warning that Lankford may face a resolution condemning him if the Senate moves forward with the deal.

Oklahoma state senator Dusty Deevers shared the text of the resolution in a post to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, early on Thursday morning.

"Senator Lankford is in the driver's seat. Should he choose to protect the American people by enforcing the law, and rejecting this deal, then this resolution will not be submitted. Time will tell," he wrote.
He said he stands "ready to submit" the resolution, which would condemn Lankford if he "strikes any deal with Senator [Chuck] Schumer in which any amount of illegal entries are permitted, work permits are issued to illegal aliens, or any amnesty is granted to illegal aliens."

Meanwhile, conservative influencer Charlie Kirk said he would have "no choice but do a series of events and rallies across Oklahoma" if Lankford "continues his open border betrayal."

"We will primary and remove anyone remotely associated him. We will make him the least popular senator in America. You have been warned, Jim," he posted to X.

However, Lankford responded to the leak in a post to X, writing that people should not "believe everything" they read on the internet.
" I encourage people to read the border security bill before they judge the border security bill. I also advise people not to believe everything you read on the internet....," he wrote.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, signaled he would not support this legislation if the leaked details are accurate. He posted a photograph showing key parts of the bill to X with the caption: " Absolutely not."

https://www.newsweek.com/senator-james-lankford-backlash-republicans-leaked-border-proposal-1861850

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Oklahoma GOP votes to censure Lankford over Senate border talks

The Oklahoma Republican Party approved a resolution Saturday condemning and censuring Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) for his role as a chief negotiator in the Senate border security talks between Democrats and Republicans.

The resolution — a copy of which was posted on X, formerly Twitter — by state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R) said, “Senator Lankford playing fast and loose with Democrats on our border policy not only disfranchises legal immigrants seeking citizenship but it also puts the safety and security of Americans in great danger.”

Senate negotiators have been working for weeks to negotiate a compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant to address the number of migrants who come across the U.S. border with Mexico.

“It is interesting, Republicans, four months ago, would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel and for our southern border because we demanded changes in policy. So we actually locked arms together and said, ‘We’re not going to give money for this. We want a change in law,'” he said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“And now, it’s interesting, a few months later, when we’re finally getting to the end, they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding, I actually don’t want a change in law because of presidential election year,'” he added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4434317-oklahoma-gop-votes-to-censure-lankford-over-senate-border-talks/

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Republicans have become so warped and twisted that they can't even take yes for an answer.

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Oklahoma GOP votes to censure Lankford over Senate border talks

The Oklahoma Republican Party approved a resolution Saturday condemning and censuring Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) for his role as a chief negotiator in the Senate border security talks between Democrats and Republicans.

The resolution — a copy of which was posted on X, formerly Twitter — by state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R) said, “Senator Lankford playing fast and loose with Democrats on our border policy not only disfranchises legal immigrants seeking citizenship but it also puts the safety and security of Americans in great danger.”

Senate negotiators have been working for weeks to negotiate a compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant to address the number of migrants who come across the U.S. border with Mexico.

“It is interesting, Republicans, four months ago, would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel and for our southern border because we demanded changes in policy. So we actually locked arms together and said, ‘We’re not going to give money for this. We want a change in law,'” he said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“And now, it’s interesting, a few months later, when we’re finally getting to the end, they’re like, ‘Oh, just kidding, I actually don’t want a change in law because of presidential election year,'” he added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4434317-oklahoma-gop-votes-to-censure-lankford-over-senate-border-talks/

Also - no one uses 'disfranchise' anymore - 'disenfranchise' has been the accepted version of the word for a long time now. Maybe the GOP is using some sort of 1950's AI?

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Wonder why anyone would expect a Republicontin to know very much about the English language anyway?  Just trying to impress by use of arcane, obsolete, irrelevant.  Just like them.

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.Wonder why anyone would expect a Republicontin to know very much about the English language anyway?  Just trying to impress by use of arcane, obsolete, irrelevant.  Just like them.

I've given up on hearing correct grammar anywhere.

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I've given up on hearing correct grammar anywhere.

It's a real word, just not the proper word for the circumstance.  He feels like he is smarter than anyone else so must impress with his erudicityness!   (Not a real word, but describes his verbage perfectly.)

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It's a real word, just not the proper word for the circumstance.  He feels like he is smarter than anyone else so must impress with his erudicityness!   (Not a real word, but describes his verbage perfectly.)

Some of my gripes are regional.  Some are more just being sloppy.

I was thinking along the lines of:
"I could care less"
To which I reply,"Oh really, how much less?".

"He graduated High School" rather than "He graduated from High School".

Having griped about that.... the grammar correctors on MicroSoft and other software shows how poorly educated some of our software programmers are regarding the (US) English language.  Keep in mind I am a (retired) engineer, not a language specialist.

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Republicans have become so warped and twisted that they can't even take yes for an answer.

At times I almost pity Lankford as I believe he has a fundamental desire to do the right thing, yet keeps retreating to the MAGA base for his political security... only for them to repeatedly throw him under the bus despite his loyalty.
Is there such a thing as being too conservative for "conservatives"?

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Some of my gripes are regional.  Some are more just being sloppy.

I was thinking along the lines of:
"I could care less"
To which I reply,"Oh really, how much less?".

"He graduated High School" rather than "He graduated from High School".

Having griped about that.... the grammar correctors on MicroSoft and other software shows how poorly educated some of our software programmers are regarding the (US) English language.  Keep in mind I am a (retired) engineer, not a language specialist.

Ha!  Bet it chaps you sometimes to know we are so much alike!!!  Lol...!

I say that to people a lot...the how much less thing.

And that would be graj-eee-ated....

If you ever want to kinda play around with "Okie" dialog, put a couple marbles between cheek and gum (on the bottom) and just start talking kinda garbled.  That's how I talked quite a bit growing up.  When you are surrounded, it rubs off on ya.   See!   There I lapsed into it again!  "ya".   Have worked hard to speak proper "Kings English".  Whatever that is.  Guys I have worked with from Wisconsin say it is that mid-west-north accent that the Yankees from WI and MI have.

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Ha!  Bet it chaps you sometimes to know we are so much alike!!!  Lol...!

Nah, we've been pretty civil to each other for the last couple years.

Have worked hard to speak proper "Kings English".  Whatever that is.

I doubt many of us in the USA speak the "Kings English".  I'm sure I don't.
But... I probably speak it closer than folks who grew up around here.  Suburban Philadelphia, PA was what it was. Don't know about now.  I do believe the public schools (in the 60s) were better there than here.  Can't speak to actual City of Phila schools.  My sister started 9th grade in Bixby and was bored $hitless as 9th grade here was mostly a repeat of 8th grade back east.

Oh well.

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Well Lankford is once again showing the true depths of his ignorance and total lack of understanding of the real world.  (And by proxie, that of the voters in this state who support him and MarkWayne.  And Inhofe before them.)

He was trying to make a case against illegal immigration - you all know...the same illegal immigration that corporate America has been promoting, encouraging, and inviting, for the last 10 or 11 decades....he wanted to do was say something about the southern border.


What he did say; "“All of the 9/11 attackers were present in the US illegally,” wrote Lankford. “We shouldn’t wait until the next horrific terror attack to realize that our wide-open southern border is a national security risk.”

Just how stupid do you have to be to have totally missed somewhere over the last 22+ years that 9/11 was in no way related to illegal immigration.  Over the southern border or any other border?   Answer;  James Lankford Stupid is what that takes!

Every.  Single.  One.  Here legally.  15 of the 19 from Saudi Arabia.  The citizens that Baby Bush whisked out of the country while the entire planet was on lock down, so he could protect his good buddies, the Bin Laden family.  The same family the Bush family had received over $1 Billion in 'consulting fees' from over decades.    Gee, I wonder where the extremist right wing indignation for all that is and was?   Oh, yeah.... I remember...!

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What he did say; "“All of the 9/11 attackers were present in the US illegally,” wrote Lankford. “We shouldn’t wait until the next horrific terror attack to realize that our wide-open southern border is a national security risk.”
Just how stupid do you have to be to have totally missed somewhere over the last 22+ years that 9/11 was in no way related to illegal immigration.  Over the southern border or any other border?   Answer;  James Lankford Stupid is what that takes!
Every.  Single.  One.  Here legally.  15 of the 19 from Saudi Arabia.  The citizens that Baby Bush whisked out of the country while the entire planet was on lock down, so he could protect his good buddies, the Bin Laden family.  The same family the Bush family had received over $1 Billion in 'consulting fees' from over decades.    Gee, I wonder where the extremist right wing indignation for all that is and was?   Oh, yeah.... I remember...!

In 2022, former President Donald Trump called Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), one of the three main negotiators of a sweeping immigration overhaul and foreign aid bill now in the Senate, ”Strong on the Border.”

On Monday, Trump said incorrectly that he had not endorsed him and that the border bill would be bad for Lankford’s political career.

“Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Sen. Lankford. I didn’t do it,” Trump said in a telephone interview with right-wing commentator Dan Bongino.

Except Trump actually did endorse Lankford, who won in a walkover of a reelection contest.

In his Sept. 27, 2022, statement endorsing Lankford, Trump called him “a very good man, with a fabulous wife and family, loves the State of Oklahoma, and is working very hard on trying to Save our Country from the disaster that it is in.”

“James Lankford is Strong on the Border, Tough on Crime, and Very Smart on the Economy,” Trump’s statement said. “It is my great honor to give James Lankford my Complete and Total Endorsement!”  (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109072732920924008)

None of Trump’s glowing 2022 enthusiasm is apparent now that Lankford has emerged as the leading GOP voice to get a deal done on overhauling immigration and asylum procedures in the wake of an influx of undocumented migrants showing up on the U.S.-Mexico border.

But though many Republicans had endorsed at least the concept of a deal to toughen up border security in exchange for aid to Ukraine when negotiators began meeting months ago, that tune has changed as Trump has made it clear he opposes the border bill.

Trump made that clear again in his interview Monday with Bongino.

“This is a very bad bill for his career and especially in Oklahoma,” Trump said of Lankford. “I know those people. They’re great people. They’re not going to be happy about this.”

Lankford, in an appearance on CNN, brushed off Trump’s comments.

“He has a different job than I have right now. His job right now is running for president. He’s trying to be able to manage that, and obviously a chaotic border is helpful to him in the process on that,” Lankford said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-denies-endorsing-gop-senator-he-endorsed_n_65c16221e4b0dbc806adcb67

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In 2022, former President Donald Trump called Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), one of the three main negotiators of a sweeping immigration overhaul and foreign aid bill now in the Senate, ”Strong on the Border.”

On Monday, Trump said incorrectly that he had not endorsed him and that the border bill would be bad for Lankford’s political career.

“Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Sen. Lankford. I didn’t do it,” Trump said in a telephone interview with right-wing commentator Dan Bongino.

Except Trump actually did endorse Lankford, who won in a walkover of a reelection contest.

In his Sept. 27, 2022, statement endorsing Lankford, Trump called him “a very good man, with a fabulous wife and family, loves the State of Oklahoma, and is working very hard on trying to Save our Country from the disaster that it is in.”

“James Lankford is Strong on the Border, Tough on Crime, and Very Smart on the Economy,” Trump’s statement said. “It is my great honor to give James Lankford my Complete and Total Endorsement!”  (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109072732920924008)

None of Trump’s glowing 2022 enthusiasm is apparent now that Lankford has emerged as the leading GOP voice to get a deal done on overhauling immigration and asylum procedures in the wake of an influx of undocumented migrants showing up on the U.S.-Mexico border.

But though many Republicans had endorsed at least the concept of a deal to toughen up border security in exchange for aid to Ukraine when negotiators began meeting months ago, that tune has changed as Trump has made it clear he opposes the border bill.

Trump made that clear again in his interview Monday with Bongino.

“This is a very bad bill for his career and especially in Oklahoma,” Trump said of Lankford. “I know those people. They’re great people. They’re not going to be happy about this.”

Lankford, in an appearance on CNN, brushed off Trump’s comments.

“He has a different job than I have right now. His job right now is running for president. He’s trying to be able to manage that, and obviously a chaotic border is helpful to him in the process on that,” Lankford said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-denies-endorsing-gop-senator-he-endorsed_n_65c16221e4b0dbc806adcb67

We have a lot of gullible people who actually are not at all interested in participating in a democracy.