After weeks of relying on Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) to negotiate a deal with the Democrats on border security, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has decided that he is going to throw the Oklahoma senator under the bus.
On Sunday night, Lankford’s long-awaited deal with the Democrats on border security, immigration, and funding for Israel and Ukraine was released. And immediately, Republicans in both the Senate and the House lined up to oppose it, citing numerous provisions that only serve to codify the border crisis.
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