James Lankford: “The reason we had to have a bill at all on immigration was…”

“We wouldn't have any conversation. I would only tell you that when an arsonist tells you they have a solution to fires, you should probably doubt the opinion of the arsonist. The reason we had to have a bill at all on immigration was because Kamala Harris and Joe Biden had opened the border wide open. We were at a time, you remember October, November, December, were the highest number of crossings in the history of the country, including the highest single day of illegal crossings in December.” (02:36–02:45)

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