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James Lankford: “The United States will always be a place that will protect…”

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

Lankford Joins CNN Before Christmas to Highlight the Importance of Faith

Published December 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:25

This goes back to 1790 in a conversation with George Washington, the new president with a Jewish congregation in Rhode island, where George Washington promised that The United States will always be a place that will protect the rights of Jewish individuals to be able to thrive here. So this is core of who we are and we need to continue to be able to protect that. (09:25–09:32)

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Asserts that the U.S. is committed to protecting the rights of Jewish individuals.

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