Oklahoma GOP Censures Lankford Over Border Bill

March 10, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists

The Oklahoman reports:

Oklahoma Republicans on Saturday censured U.S. Sen. James Lankford over his work on a failed border security deal. The overwhelming vote to censure the senior Republican senator came at a party convention in Oklahoma City. “The people have spoken,” the county party chair, Ken Warner, told The Oklahoman.

“It’s really because he’s said he’s willing to allow 5,000 illegals … per day,” Warner said. “That was part of the border bill. … That was one of the things in there.” He estimated 225 Republicans attended the convention.

Some members of the Oklahoma Republican Party met in January to censure Lankford over what they called his “open border deal.” The state party’s chair, Nathan Dahm, later said the meeting was illegal and the censure was not an official position of the Oklahoma GOP.

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