Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday sought to clarify Republicans’ stance on contraceptives and in-vitro fertilization (IVF), arguing GOP lawmakers are not against these but the less obvious measures included in some reproductive bills. “Democrats right now are saying that Republicans are against contraceptives, they’re against IVF, none of those things are true,” Lankford said […]
Responding to the deluge of new investigations into antisemitism on college campuses since Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Monday to call on him to appoint a dedicated official to oversee the Department of Education’s efforts to fight […]
Oklahoma County 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 […]
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) is using a sports metaphor to describe what happened to him when his fellow Republicans, with the urging of former President Donald Trump, rejected a carefully negotiated border security and foreign aid bill in early February. “When I called the play as the quarterback that day, and my own line turned […]
WASHINGTON ― Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Wednesday that an unnamed media personality promised to “destroy” him for seeking a bipartisan compromise on immigration. Lankford said in a Senate floor speech that a “popular commentator” told him four weeks ago that he would face negative consequences if he pushed forward with drafting a bipartisan immigration […]
Sen. James Lankford was the top GOP negotiator on the failed border security deal. He claims a “popular commentator” warned him not to solve the crisis during an election year. “I will do whatever I can to destroy you,” Lankford said. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma spoke on Wednesday about the political challenges he’s encountered while […]
Sen. James Lankford was the top GOP negotiator on the failed border security deal. He claims a “popular commentator” warned him not to solve the crisis during an election year. “I will do whatever I can to destroy you,” Lankford said. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma spoke on Wednesday about the political challenges he’s encountered while […]
Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in an interview Monday that he did not endorse Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., for re-election in 2022. “Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Sen. Lankford. I didn’t do it. He ran, and I did not endorse him,” Trump told right-wing radio host Dan Bongino in an […]
Several of Oklahoma’s Republican leaders, it seems, have forgotten the party’s 11th Commandment. Written in the 1960s by Gaylord Parkinson, then-state chairman of the California Republican Party, the 11th Commandment was a call to Republicans who had problems with other Republicans to make sure “that (the) grievance is not to be bared publicly.” In 1966, […]