The RINO who tried to shove through one of the most disastrous open-border deals in modern history, is back on television patting himself on the back for a bill that conservatives across the country rejected as pure surrender. I’m talking about Oklahoma Senator James Lankford. This time, Lankford popped up on CBS News with Major Garrett, bragging that America would’ve been “better off” if his so-called border security bill had passed last year.
Let’s break this down without the political spin. Lankford’s bill, co-authored with the Biden White House (the White House that created the border catastrophe in the first place), was a gift to cartels, human traffickers, and every open-borders activist drooling over the chance to dismantle America’s sovereignty.
The so-called “border deal” was packed with loopholes and weak provisions dressed up as enforcement. It allowed 5,000 illegal border crossings per day before any enforcement mechanism even kicked in. That included over 1,400 migrants daily strolling in through the CBP One app at legal ports of entry, plus around 3,600 sneaking across illegally. Once that absurd “threshold” was met, Border Patrol could finally do their jobs and start removing people without lengthy asylum processing.
But here’s the real kicker: the bill codified catch-and-release policies, provided work permits for asylum claimants, and depended on some mythical agreement with Mexico to take back non-Mexican illegal immigrants. Translation? Amnesty-lite with a side of bureaucratic red tape.
Oklahoma conservatives weren’t fooled. The Oklahoma County GOP formally censured Lankford for his role in pushing this Biden-backed mess, and grassroots voters made it clear they wanted tough, Trump-style enforcement, not another weak-kneed compromise.
Yet there was Lankford on CBS, smugly claiming, “It should have passed. It would have fixed a lot of loopholes.” His delusion is only matched by his tone-deafness. He even laughed about conservative commentators calling for loophole fixes, bragging that he had already written the bill. Newsflash, Senator: real conservatives don’t fix loopholes by writing bills with the people who created the loopholes.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s iron-fisted border policies are finally making a difference. According to the New York Post, not a single illegal immigrant was released into the U.S. interior by Border Patrol last month. Illegal crossings have plummeted 93% compared to May 2024, thanks to Trump’s crackdown.
So forgive us if we’re not buying Lankford’s revisionist history. We’ve seen what real border security looks like—and it sure isn’t coming from RINOs cutting deals with Joe Biden.
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