James Lankford: “The bill that you're blocking that you refuse to even take…”

“To tell the complete story of what actually happened, my Democratic colleagues have demanded that we get de escalation training for federal officers. We as Republicans have said, yeah, we agree with that as well. In fact, The bill that you're blocking that you refuse to even take up actually includes money for de-escalation training on it. And there's not some trick on it. It's the actual issue that everyone seems to be addressing right now. This is about the drama of the moment in trying to be able to prove that you oppose.” (06:47–06:56)

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