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James Lankford: “The president's already said they pulled [the anti…”

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

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So this bill, it does not stop the Trump administration from creating that $1.8 billion anti weaponization fund. Was that the right move? Well, The president's already said they pulled [the anti weaponization fund] back. Tom Blanche is acting attorney general has already announced, hey, that's off the table, that's not going to happen. So Democrats kept trying to bring up amendments saying well let's try to do one more on it. We just responded very simply. One is you're asking us to vote on that. (01:46–01:54)

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