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James Lankford: “It'd probably be 250 jobs that would come to Durant that are…”

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

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Lankford Discusses Iran, Greenland, and March for Life on Durant's KLBC Radio

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

Everybody's looking at it, including Department of Homeland Security. But nothing's a done deal. And they're interested in where's the community and what's the interest of this. Some folks don't mind all the jobs. It'd probably be 250 jobs that would come to Durant that are excited about the jobs. And some folks are saying, hey, we don't want to have a detention facility here, we want to add more retail. And so that debate is ongoing. (02:03–02:08)

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