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James Lankford: “This is a Democrat shutdown because they are more worried…”

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

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Lankford Joins Newsmax Wake Up America

Published | Video Starts at 02:08

Senator, what is it going to take to get this funded? I know to get our Democrats to be able to wake up on it. Now This is a Democrat shutdown because they are more worried about ICE than they are about Iran. And they're just obsessed with trying to be able to defund ICE and to be able to shut down Border Patrol. (02:08–02:14)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is due to Democrats prioritizing defunding ICE over other issues.

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