James Lankford: “They're blocking diplomats from going into State Department…”

“So they are destroying the basic function of our democracy while they're screaming we've got to be able to protect democracy. And who's the leader of the pack? Yeah. They're blocking diplomats from going into State Department at the same time saying Trump is not doing diplomacy enough. They're literally blocking our ambassadors from even being appointed all these countries. So we're trying to be able to get us back to a functioning operational Senate, including the most basic thing.” (07:32–07:39)

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