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James Lankford: “Four years ago, Democrats in the Senate were trying to take…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:02

But they clearly are outnumbered. Yeah, we are outnumbered right now to be able to get the number that we needed. We don't have 60, as you recall. Very well. Four years ago, Democrats in the Senate were trying to take away voter ID from 36 states that have it. That's what they were trying to do. In fact, they were focused on trying to break the filibuster so they could take away voter ID from everybody on every single state. (14:02–14:08)

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Asserts that Democrats attempted to remove voter ID requirements from 36 states four years ago.

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