Conservative Personality Takes Credit For Threatening To ‘Destroy’ GOP Senator

Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly stepped ahead to boast that he’s who Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) stated had threatened to “destroy” him over his push for the now-nixed bipartisan invoice on immigration.

In a Senate flooring speech on Wednesday, Lankford stated an unnamed “popular commentator” had “told me flat out, ‘If you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you because I do not want you to solve this before the presidential election.’”

“By the way, they have been faithful to their promise and have done everything they can to destroy me in the past several weeks,” the lawmaker added. The invoice got here below relentless fireplace from former President Donald Trump and his allies, who see immigration as key to his reelection in November.

Kelly later Wednesday claimed credit score for threatening Lankford on X, the social media platform previously often known as Twitter.

“He may be a eunuch, but I’ll say this about James Lankford: He has great taste in radio,” wrote Kelly. He added, “Yes, in case you’re wondering, he’s talking about me.”