James Lankford: “250 years ago, we had a Declaration of Independence where we…”

“That'll be a huge event that actually happens there. So there's a lot of things that are actually happening all around this 250th celebration. 250 years ago, we had a Declaration of Independence where we wrote a letter to Good King George and said, goodbye, we're leaving. We've had enough of your oppression. We've had enough of you trying to be able to control us. We are Americans. We're going to do this ourselves.” (04:54–05:01)

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