Oklahoma Senator James Lankford Apologizes To Black Constituents For Challenging Electoral Votes

The Daily Caller ^ | Andrew Trunsky

[USA Conservative]

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford apologized to his black constituents for challenging President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, saying that he failed to recognize that his actions casted “doubt on the validity of votes” in majority black cities like Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia.

Lankford, who originally joined a group of senators led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz that said they would object to Biden’s victory unless Congress launched a commission to audit the results, ultimately withdrew his objection after being trapped in the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6.

“My action of asking for more election information caused a firestorm of suspicion among many of my friends, particularly in Black communities around the state,” Lankford wrote, Tulsa World first reported.

“I can assure you, my intent to give a voice to Oklahomans who had questions was never also an intent to diminish the voice of any Black American,” he added. “I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you. I deeply regret my blindness to that perception, and for that I’m sorry.”

Several Republicans, including President Donald Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, have baselessly alleged that voter fraud in cities like Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia and Atlanta swung the states to Biden, despite the fact that courts and state officials have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

Cruz and Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, the two senators who led objections to Arizona and Pennsylvania’s elections, respectively, have faced massive backlash. Local newspapers in their states have called on them to resign, and Hawley’s cooperation led publisher Simon and Schuster to cancel his upcoming book, a move that Hawley described as “Orwellian.”

[FLT-bird]

Is he going to have to be primaried too? A statement like that says yes.

[Kazan]

Another Republican pussy. Republicans just love playing the submissive role within the unipary.

[ifinnegan]

Out.

He joins the illegitimate rest of the Senate.

[fortheDeclaration]

These guys are so weak!

[Bringbackthedraft]

“Right now the Republican Party pretty well disgusts me.”
Then change your party affiliation. I recently notified my Board of Elections and they changed mine.............................. You are not alone! I was an independent for years, always chose the best of the worst. became a Republican in 2015, for one reason, HILLARY. Trump was the best choice over all those who were on the Republican wanna be the looser candidates. With Trump out of the picture, I changed back to being an Independent. We are being taken over by the best politicians money can buy. Its not in our countries interest, Congress needs a complete enema but they are too protective of their personal interests than those who they are suppose to serve. You can’t remove them, they make the laws to protect themselves. Are we are owned, and we don’t realize it? (reht.) (s/)