James Lankford: “It had what's called de escalation training funding in it.”

“What's interesting is the bill that was negotiated now 10, 10 days ago with Democrats, Republicans, House and Senate, we had wide agreement on it. It had funding for body worn cameras for our federal agents, ice, Border patrol. It had what's called de escalation training funding in it. So if you get in intense situations how to be able to bring the volume down, those things were in the funding bill that Democrats then refused to be able to pass.” (02:58–03:02)

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