{"id":2114978,"date":"2023-12-04T07:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-win-republicans-have-to-be-smarter-and-tougher-than-sen-james-lankford\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T07:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T12:07:05","slug":"to-win-republicans-have-to-be-smarter-and-tougher-than-sen-james-lankford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-win-republicans-have-to-be-smarter-and-tougher-than-sen-james-lankford\/","title":{"rendered":"To succeed, Republicans must outsmart and out-tough Sen. James Lankford"},"content":{"rendered":"

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George Stephanopoulos Exposes Sen. James Lankford’s Weakness<\/h2>\n
Career Democrat and ABC host George Stephanopoulos completely emasculated Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma this weekend on his Sunday\u200c show. Right at the beginning of the interview, Stephanopoulos advanced a\u200b flurry of disinformation and lies<\/a>, to\u2062 which Lankford, who purports to be\u200c a conservative\u200b senator of the \u2064burgundy-red state of Oklahoma, bowed\u2062 down \u200din complete supplication:<\/p>\n
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Stephanopoulos: \u200dYour party\u2019s \u2062leading candidate for president\u200d was on the stump yesterday repeating lies about the 2020 election. He\u2019s called those convicted in the Jan. 6 \u2063insurrection \u200bhostages. He \u2063faces 91 separate felony\u2064 counts himself. \u200dHe\u2019s raised the prospect of executing \u200cthe\u2063 former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and terminating parts of\u2062 the \u2064Constitution. In \u2064the face of \u2064all that and more, are you prepared to support Donald Trump \u200dif he\u2019s your party\u2019s\u200c nominee?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Oh, for crying out loud. \u200cWhat an absolutely preposterous line of questioning. Any Republican elected official with a room-temperature IQ and \u2064even a modicum of self-respect would be livid at the propaganda and\u2064 lies and immediately push back. But not Lankford. \u200cHere\u2019s how he responded:<\/p>\n
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Lankford:\u2063 Yes, we haven\u2019t had a \u200csingle vote yet, George. This is still weeks and weeks away from our first \u200dvotes that are happening\u2063 actually in Iowa, then New Hampshire and South Carolina. And there\u200b are a lot of\u2064 people that are going to make that decision. That\u2019s not going to be\u200b me making \u200cthat decision, that\u2019s going to be the American \u2064people that actually make that decision.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Stephanopoulos pressed him, and Lankford remained impotent in the face of the\u2062 questioning. In fact, he was so bad throughout the interview, he \u200ceven quoted Alejandro Mayorkas, \u200cBiden\u2019s controversial homeland security secretary<\/a>, as a role model on immigration enforcement. The entire state\u2064 of Oklahoma looked worse as it went on.<\/p>\n
Now, Lankford is more than welcome to stay out of the\u200c Republican primary or endorse \u200bwhomever he\u2063 thinks is the best\u2064 candidate, but what he should not feel \u2062free to do is allow the corrupt \u200dmedia and other \u200cDemocrats to destroy the country \u2064through propaganda and\u2062 lies. Americans \u200bare absolutely desperate for even the \u200ctiniest bit of Republican backbone and leadership, not mealy-mouthed kowtowing to the press.<\/p>\n
When you claim to be a conservative senator of a state so Republican that two out of every \u2062three voters in\u2064 2020 voted for Trump<\/a>, and a \u2062lifelong Democrat operative in the media \u200basks you a completely loaded agitprop \u2062question, \u2062you should hit it out \u200dof the park. Like so:<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst off, George, \u200dyour audience should know that you just regurgitated back \u2062a \u2063diatribe of lies, mistruths, and Democrat propaganda. I\u2019m not surprised, given your professional background and track \u200brecord\u2064 of maliciously pushing \u200cthe false and dangerous Russia-collusion scam for so many years during and after the 2016 \u2062election, but I \u200dcan\u2019t allow\u2063 your lies to go uncorrected.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe public knows full well\u200d there were major issues in how \u2062the\u2064 2020 \u200celection was conducted \u2014 from Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s more than $400 million<\/a> \u2062 on partisan get-out-the-vote efforts \u200bin key swing states<\/a>,\u2064 to the deliberate Hunter Biden laptop suppression<\/a> that the major\u2062 news and tech companies along with 51 intel officials participated in, to the tens of millions of mail-in-ballots<\/a> and voting changes that did not follow state laws<\/a><\/a>. So drop the dishonest, holier-than-thou nonsense about \u200d2020\u2063 being the cleanest, \u200dmost perfect election with nothing allowed to be scrutinized or discussed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond, the public is \u2063also wising up to the fact that what the corporate media have spun to them about Jan. 6 hasn\u2019t exactly been the complete truth. Yes, we know your line that \u2063this was the worst\u2064 moment in the history of \u200bthe world, requiring our FBI to do nothing other than arrest people who were\u2064 anywhere\u2063 near the event.\u2064 Well, that, and arrest pro-lifers who are \u2064praying and\u200b parents who are attending school board meetings<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut most Americans know that we have not gotten good answers about why Nancy Pelosi turned down security \u200dprovisions ahead\u2063 of what intelligence suggested would be a very contentious day, or what exactly was <\/p>\n
How does Lankford’s quoting of Alejandro Mayorkas as a role model for immigration \u2062enforcement undermine his conservative values and stance against the Biden administration’s \u2064policies<\/h2>\n
To a formal \u200barticle \u2063based on\u200b the \u2064provided content:<\/p>\n
Title: George Stephanopoulos Exposes Sen. James Lankford’s Weakness<\/p>\n
Introduction:<\/p>\n
In \u2062a\u2063 recent interview on ABC’s Sunday show, career Democrat and host George Stephanopoulos\u2064 confronted Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, exposing \u2063what \u2062appeared to be a weakness\u2064 in the senator’s response. Throughout the interview, Stephanopoulos\u200d presented a series of allegations\u2062 and lies, to which Lankford, who claims to be a conservative \u200bsenator from Oklahoma, responded with apparent acquiescence. This article will discuss the implications \u200dof Lankford’s response and the need \u2062for stronger Republican leadership.<\/p>\n
Body:<\/p>\n
Stephanopoulos’s Line of Questioning:<\/p>\n
Stephanopoulos began the interview by presenting a flurry of disinformation and false claims about the 2020 election, Jan. 6 insurrection, and Donald Trump’s candidacy. Any\u200b Republican elected official would\u200c be\u2062 expected to challenge such propaganda and lies\u200c promptly. However, Lankford’s response defied expectations and raised concerns about his ability to \u2063push back against false\u2062 narratives.<\/p>\n
Lankford’s Weak Response:<\/p>\n
Lankford’s \u2062response to\u200b Stephanopoulos’s questioning was perceived as weak \u200cand submissive. He avoided\u2063 directly addressing the allegations, instead emphasizing \u200dthat the decision would ultimately be made by the American people during future votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. This \u2062response failed to counter the false claims and missed an opportunity for stronger Republican leadership.<\/p>\n
Quoting Alejandro Mayorkas:<\/p>\n
During \u200dthe interview, Lankford further undermined his position by quoting Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s controversial homeland\u200c security secretary, as a role model for immigration enforcement. \u200cThis move \u2063added to the perception that Lankford\u200d was not holding firm to conservative values or pushing back against the Biden administration’s policies.<\/p>\n
The\u2062 Need for\u2064 Republican Backbone and Leadership:<\/p>\n
As a \u200bconservative senator representing a predominantly Republican state like\u200b Oklahoma, \u200bLankford should have\u2062 demonstrated \u200dstronger leadership qualities and challenged the false\u200d narrative presented by Stephanopoulos. Instead, his response left many wanting for a Republican leader who would stand firm against propaganda and lies.<\/p>\n
Importance of Representative Responses:<\/p>\n
While it is Lankford’s prerogative to stay out of\u2062 the Republican primary or endorse candidates based on his assessment,\u2062 he should \u2063not \u2062allow the media and Democrats to propagate \u2062falsehoods that may negatively impact the country. The American people look to\u200c Republican representatives for boldness\u2063 and leadership, demanding resolute opposition to misleading narratives.<\/p>\n
Conclusion:<\/p>\n
Sen. James Lankford’s response to George Stephanopoulos’s line of questioning on ABC’s Sunday show has raised concerns about his ability to provide strong Republican leadership. \u2062As a conservative senator from\u200b Oklahoma, Lankford’s acquiescence to false allegations and his failure\u2064 to challenge the propaganda presented by Stephanopoulos were perceived as weaknesses. Going forward, the American public desires representatives\u2063 who will\u2063 stand up against misinformation, demonstrate Republican backbone, and lead with conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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