Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday blasted his GOP colleagues for his or her about-face on a bipartisan border deal, accusing them of placing politics forward of what they declare to see as a serious nationwide safety curiosity. (Watch the video under.)
Senators seem like caving to a reported demand from former President Donald Trump to tank the deal at present within the works ― which might snatch an accomplishment away from President Joe Biden months forward of the November election, the place Trump is the front-runner for the GOP nomination.
Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday” requested Lankford why he would need to let Biden take a victory lap in an election yr, and he or she repeated GOP claims that the proposed measures would nonetheless let in lots of immigrants.
Lankford, the GOP’s lead negotiator, mentioned the invoice is targeted on stopping all unlawful crossings with no amnesty, Mediaite reported.
He chastised his fellow Republicans in Congress for probably sabotaging motion on a central concern for the GOP and its voters, and hinted on the hypocrisy of it.
“It’s definitely not going to let a bunch of people in,” Lankford mentioned. “It’s focused on actually turning people around on it. 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 you money for this. We want a change in law.’ 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 it’s a presidential election year.’”
“We all have an oath to the Constitution, and we have a commitment to say, ‘We’re gonna do whatever we can to be able to secure the border,’” he continued. “It is our constitutional obligation to be able to secure our country as fast as we can secure our country.”