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James Lankford: “The White House then joined us in late November.”

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

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Published August 28, 2024 | Video Starts at 01:01

Well, we worked with the White House team and they brought in who they chose to be a part of the negotiating team. We negotiated with Chris Murphy and with Kirsten Sinema in October and November. The White House then joined us in late November. And we never had anyone from the vice president's staff that was ever tapped to be able to be in it, nor the vice president ever in that at the time. (01:01–01:05)

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Asserts that the White House joined the negotiations for the bipartisan border bill in late November.

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