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James Lankford: “I parallel legislation on this dealing with the real id…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 07:28

I've been one leading the debate some of the days on it and have continued to be able to talk about different ways we've tried to break it up into different sections. Got to do it all at once. I parallel legislation on this dealing with the real id, because people think a real ID actually verifies your citizenship. It actually does not. Most people had to prove their citizenship to get their real id, but there is a way to get it without that. (07:28–07:39)

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Asserts that a real ID does not verify citizenship.

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