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James Lankford: “Iran's inflation. Right now, in inflation, we're talking…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:19

They've been even stronger. He kept coming back and saying it over again. It just made me laugh. And it's like an alternate universe of concepts here. Iran's inflation. Right now, in inflation, we're talking about 4% inflation. In America, it is 70% inflation. Their GDP per capita right now is the same as Haiti. So their economy is literally collapsing all around them. Their military is decimated, their navy is decimated. (05:19–05:27)

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