Solve the border crisis? Not if it helps the Democrats!

Here' a clip showing the hard-right senator from Oklahoma, James Lankford, who helped negotiate a bill that would improve the border situation. Trump spoke out against the bill because he did not want the Democrats to score a political win; Republicans then defeated the bill on the House floor.

Senator James Lankford (R-OK): "I had a popular commentator that told me flat out, if you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you." (February)@Acynpic.twitter.com/6XQlmB5zFq

— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) August 20, 2024