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James Lankford: “Democrats are saying, no masks on ICE agents.”

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

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Published March 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:30

What are the final things that we can all agree on? One of the big sticking areas is still about masks, where Democrats are saying, no masks on ICE agents. They look terrible. They're, you know, they look like thugs. The problem is that we've got activist protesters with a camera snapping pictures of ICE agents, posting it, using facial recognition to identify who is it, and. (07:30–07:33)

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Asserts that Democratic Senate members oppose masks on ICE agents.

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