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Just In: Speaker Mike Johnson Shoots Down Lankford's Senate Immigration Deal
Jack Posobiec on Twitter X ^ | January 13, 2024 | Jack Posobiec

Posted on 01/13/2024 8:05:27 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man

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Speaker Mike Johnson Shoots Down Lankford's Senate Immigration Deal

From breitbart.com

8:53 PM · Jan 13, 2024

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"Absolutely not,” Johnson tweeted with a screenshot of reported details.

Absolutely not. pic.twitter.com/tkXma24r8M

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 13, 2024

Lead Republican Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) worked with his colleagues to craft a border compromise to enable passage of tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid, including to Ukrainians to prolong their war with Russia that has been at a stalemate for months.

According to the Immigration Accountability Project, the proposed Senate deal would:

Increase green cards by 50,000/year Work permits for adult children of H-1B holders

Immediate work permits to every illegal alien released from custody

Taxpayer-funded lawyers to certain UACs and mentally incompetent aliens

Expulsion authority for a limited number of days only if encounters exceed 5K/day over a seven-day period

Restrict parole for those who enter without authorization between ports of entry

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; border; borderwall; house; illegalimmigration; jameslankford; langford; mayorkas; mikejohnson; senate
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To: Sequoyah101; bimboeruption
True statement. And to clarify, Lankford is a carpetbagging Texas Baptist boy who couldn't get elected to a "menial public servant" position back home, so he moved to Oklahoma, went to work in the Baptist ministry, and got elected to the State House.

Now we see the end result.

Suffice to say, one will be voting for whomever primaries him in... (looking it up) 2028.

He is slime.

41 posted on 01/14/2024 5:11:51 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Unbelievable! Lankford is wanting full surrender to the third world invasion at the border.

Since Lankford is a super religious guy, I wondered what type of blackmail the Democrats could possibly have on him. Then I realized it could be something most folks would think of as a mere peccadillo such as pics of him downing a few beers. That wouldn't work on a normal person such as me (ok, maybe not so normal) since I would call those cruise pics posted by myself of me having a few too many but for Lankford, he might find such pics as shameful.

Otherwise I can't think of what the Democrats would have on Lankford to cause him to back such an INSANE proposal.

42 posted on 01/14/2024 5:23:41 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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To: acapesket
Give Johnson credit, he wised up and did the right thing.

Lankford, OTOH, is a total Republican whore and always has been.

43 posted on 01/14/2024 5:56:41 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Honestly, her stock went way up when she organized that Friday afternoon meeting about COVID and the mRNA jabs.


44 posted on 01/14/2024 6:03:31 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Captainpaintball
Destroyed?

Knowing the GOP he’ll probably be the next Mitch.

45 posted on 01/14/2024 6:07:48 AM PST by daler
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To: PJ-Comix
"Otherwise I can't think of what the Democrats would have on Lankford to cause him to back such an INSANE proposal."

That would be an example of a Rumsfeldian "Known Unknown", something that right now is left to speculation with the limits of the information at hand. So it's the right question to ax, but we don't know the answer. It's an unknown and we know that we don't know.

Hey! Do you know, that James Lankford's claim to fame among the Oklahoma Baptists that got him elected to the State House to begin with is that from 1996 to 2009 he was President of "the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a youth camp operated by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma"?

People who grew up in Oklahoma are familiar with Falls Creek as a beautiful, scenic, coeducational place where teenagers go to spend a few weeks in the summer to have a spiritual reformation...

Just a trivia note. But back to your original question... "We don't know, and we know that we don't know."

46 posted on 01/14/2024 6:14:54 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Mopp4

Not unbelievable. He’s clearly pushing Chamber of Commerce agenda items. I’m not surprised.
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Wow.... I’ll have to admit that I don’t know what this has to do with the Chamber......what am I missing ?? Thanks..

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The C of C is all in for ALL aspects of the CHEAP LABOR EXPRESS. The Senate proposal (which I hope is DOA) has a number of them.


47 posted on 01/14/2024 6:16:10 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: OKSooner
Hey! Do you know, that James Lankford's claim to fame among the Oklahoma Baptists that got him elected to the State House to begin with is that from 1996 to 2009 he was President of "the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a youth camp operated by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma"?

Hmmmm..... I am beginning to see vague outlines on what the Democrats could have on Lankford and it appears that pics of him kicking back a few brewskis would be minor.

48 posted on 01/14/2024 6:28:54 AM PST by PJ-Comix (Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
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To: PJ-Comix
Here now, let's not jump to any conclusions about anything we don't know about.

One never said, for example, that he might have knocked someone up or anything lascivious like that.

49 posted on 01/14/2024 6:35:01 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Lankford is part of the Jan 6 cabal. He was ready to speak when the fake “insurrection” occurred. Afterwards he made didn’t expose the fraud as he supposedly was about to do.


50 posted on 01/14/2024 7:05:56 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: House Atreides

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I couldn’t find anything regarding that. I’ll keep searching.


51 posted on 01/14/2024 7:08:20 AM PST by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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To: PJ-Comix

My wife suspects he’s been threatened. Remember, 3 letter agencies are experts in identifying people’s hot-buttons and manipulating them accordingly.


52 posted on 01/14/2024 7:13:59 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: MayflowerMadam
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if we had the majority in the House and Senate and they approved something like this?

Except it would be unconstitutional. But an interesting thought.

53 posted on 01/14/2024 7:14:03 AM PST by Fury
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To: House Atreides

Good for Johnson, but does anyone besides Trump and a handful of Senators really want to fight for America?

We’re dying here! The patient is on life support with very little brain function. Time to wake up and reclaim our Republic.


54 posted on 01/14/2024 7:17:50 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: OKSooner

So is his running buddy in the senate.


55 posted on 01/14/2024 7:28:38 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Dr. Franklin

Repeal the 17th Amendment!

The Senate worked fine up until the passing of the 17th Amendment. The 17th made a senator nothing more than a House member-at-large for his\her state. In doing that it brought in House-style partisan politics. The House was always supposed to have unruly partisan politics, that’s why the two-year term. For the Senate prior to the 17th there would be enough state legislators and state grandees to keep it competitive. If not also pass term limits for both Houses. However, shortening the Senate term:

a) Violates the intent and wisdom of the Founding Fathers,
The Senate was supposed to be the voice of the state in national policy. Also, it was supposed to be more deliberative. The six-year term allowed that. The 1/3 up for re-election every two years allows continuity with a certain amount of change. Shortening to four years will disrupt all of that!

b) It will also make the problem worse in the long run, it will increase the already over-the-top rancorous partisan behavior. Why? Because it will move their elections closer together which means more partisan behavior (Not less!) and it will increase the need for raising more money.

c) Kill off the last vestiges of our republican structure.
Make us even more of a Mob-ocracy!

Did you take basic US Civics in high school?


56 posted on 01/14/2024 7:43:16 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: Dr. Franklin

It would not even get past a Senate filibuster.

It’s a Democrat plan. Total surrender.


57 posted on 01/14/2024 8:17:39 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I *know* Oklahoma can send a better Senator to Washington than Lankford! I’m an Okie myself. I wish Senators still served at the pleasure of the State Legislatures. The Oklahoma Legislature could recall that puppet of big business and globalists if not for the 17th Amendment. Oh, well: now it’s up to us Okies to “primary” (or “Cantorize”) Lankford...


58 posted on 01/14/2024 8:19:10 AM PST by Big Brother Go to Hell
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To: OKSooner

Absolutely. She’s a pit bull!


59 posted on 01/14/2024 8:34:05 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: Macho MAGA Man

ok, except work permits are essential to keep peace. without being able to work, these people will turn to crime
the rest is crapola


60 posted on 01/14/2024 12:04:41 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough (Loretta Lynch did not review the above comments)
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