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James Lankford: “China continues to be able to throw pastors in prison and…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 03:04

We need you to actually be in the rest of the League of Nations that actually is actually trying to be civilized in the process here. So that's a big one. Trade's a big one. Human rights are another big issue for them. China continues to be able to throw pastors in prison and just be able to hold them indefinitely. because they're not loyal to the Chinese party enough. They're loyal to Jesus, and so they just throw them in prison. So there's lots of other issues to deal with as well. (03:04–03:09)

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Asserts that China imprisons pastors indefinitely for not being loyal to the Chinese party.

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