Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> introduced legislation to codify a rule protecting the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/first-amendment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">freedom</a> for <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/religion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">religious</a> groups to assemble on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colleges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">college</a> campuses as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> seeks to reverse them.
The Trump administration <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/factsheetreligiouslibertyandfreeiInquiry09032020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry Rule three years ago in order to ensure that public universities do not deny religious student organizations “any right, benefit, or privilege,” such as student activities funding and access to campus facilities, “that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the public institution.” Universities which are found in violation of such rights risk losing federal grants under the current rule; the Biden administration, however, proposed a <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/22/2023-03670/direct-grant-programs-state-administered-formula-grant-programs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reversal</a> of the rule last month.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and 14 other Senate Republicans <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-challenges-bidens-unconstitutional-attack-against-religious-student-groups" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> the Equal Campus Access Act to enshrine the current rule into federal law. The lawmakers contended in a <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/lankford_challenges_bidens_unconstitutional_attack_against_faith-based_student_groups.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona that reversing the rule would leave religious student groups open to violations of First Amendment liberties.
“Student organizations, including religious ones, play an important role on campus and in the lives of college students. Unfortunately, the proposed rule threatens students’ ability to grow and learn while practicing and observing their respective faiths,” the letter said. “Students desire organized fellowship on college campuses to learn and practice their faith with like-minded students. They should be afforded the same rights as any other student organization on campus, not discriminated against merely because of their sincerely held religious beliefs.”
The Education Department asserted that the previous rule should be reversed because the policy is “not necessary” to protect free speech and free exercise of religion, tends to create “confusion among institutions,” and prescribes an “unduly burdensome role” for officials to investigate allegations of mistreatment. The lawmakers countered that the Education Department has failed to “provide any examples” of universities formally complaining about the confusing nature of the rules and asserted that calling the protection of religious freedom “unduly burdensome” represents an “alarming admission” from the agency.
Prominent nationwide religious organizations, such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Reformed University Fellowship, and the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, recently drafted their own <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_of_support.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> in support of the Equal Campus Access Act. “The right to assemble together based on religiously informed beliefs is foundational to a free and truly pluralistic society,” the entities wrote.
The proposed rule reversal is one of several Biden administration policies that critics consider a threat to religious liberty. House Republicans pushed earlier this week to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-call-for-budget-to-prevent-discrimination-toward-groups-affirming-marriage-is-between-one-man-and-one-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guarantee</a> that the text of the forthcoming federal budget prohibits agencies from taking discriminatory action against people or organizations on the basis of a “sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.”
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The call for explicit religious liberty protections in the budget comes after President Joe Biden endorsed the Respect for Marriage Act, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-controlled-house-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-39-republicans-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enshrines</a> same-sex marriage protections into federal law in accordance with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges. Democratic lawmakers recruited 39 Republicans in the House and 10 Republicans in the Senate to support the bill, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-same-sex-marriage-bill-drag-queens-invited-to-lavish-wh-ceremony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">became</a> law in December.

Sen. James Lankford

GOP Senators Lead Charge Against Biden Trying To Nix Rule Protecting Campus Religious Groups

Republican Senators Blast Biden For Trying To End Rule Protecting Campus Religious Groups

Biden Administration

College

First Amendment

James Lankford

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Religion

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Tim Scott

Trump Administration

Oklahoma GOP Senator James Lankford painted a frightening picture of what is happening at the southern border, during a debate on the Senate floor over a proposed omnibus spending package.
Lankford began by noting the lassitude of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in reporting the massive numbers of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S.
“It’s the 21st of December, and we don’t have information from the Department of Homeland Security on how many people illegally crossed out border in November,” he stated.
Lankford pointed out that former head of DHS Jeh Johnson said that during his tenure he got a report every day as to how many people had illegally crossed the border the day before. He noted that Johnson had said when he was head of DHS that he knew it was going to be a very bad day when 1,000 people crossed the border illegally the day before.
“Best guess over the last 24 hours?” Lankford said. “9,000 people illegally crossed our border in the last 24 hours. &#8230; The Secretary does know because they keep records to the hour but they don’t let Congress know that because they don’t want the American people to know what’s really happening on the border right now.”
“To put it in perspective, what’s going on on our southern border, even before the Title 42 authority goes away &#8230; the Obama administration, the big year of the largest surge that happened on our southern border during the Obama administration was just over half a million people illegally crossed that year,” he declared. “The best we can tell, we’ve had half a million people illegally cross our border in the last two months. This is full-on crisis.”
Lankford pointed out that in 2022, “1.3 million people have crossed our border illegally, less than 70,000 have actually been deported this year. That is a record-low number.”
“I’ve asked the Secretary how many individuals have had criminal vetting from the country of origin, and his answer was, ‘I’ll get back to you on that,’&#8221; Lankford charged. “He knows the same answer that I do. The answer’s zero.”
Then Lankford warned that Americans had no idea of just who they were letting in the country.
“The American people believe there’s some kind of vetting happening coming across the border, there’s not. They’re checked to see if they’re on the terror watch list; they’re checked to see if they’ve committed a crime in the United States, but we literally don’t know the individuals crossing the border — from over 150 countries so far this year — we literally don’t know if they’re fleeing poverty or fleeing justice. We have no idea because no one’s checked,” he said.
Lankford said that the vast majority of the immigrants are given parole, enabling them to get a work permit their first day, then they are set up for a hearing with ICE, which could take five years, then 10 years after that “for the next time.”
“So they’re currently up to 15 years that they’re in the country with a work permit,” he noted.
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Sen. James Lankford Paints Frightening Picture Of What Is Happening At Southern Border

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, who in June 2021 grinned and refused to use the word “mother” when asked about the Biden administration using the term “birthing people,” called the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade “despicable” on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, Becerra indicated that HHS might help transport women across state lines in order to get an abortion.
On Tuesday, Becerra sneered, “On Friday, June 24, five Americans decided to use the vast power bestowed upon them by our democracy and our Constitution to unconscionably put at risk the life and health of millions of our fellow Americans. They chose to unconscionably limit Americans’ established freedom and autonomy to control their own body. Decision usually made in consultation with their doctor, not a politician. And they chose to unconscionably strip away the fundamental health care protections that every American of child-bearing age has known all their lives.”
“Friday’s Supreme Court decision was despicable, but it was not unpredictable. HHS has been preparing for this for some time,” he sniped.
In June 2021, speaking before the Senate Finance Committee hearing about the Biden administration&#8217;s fiscal year 2022 HHS budget request, Becerra was confronted by Oklahoma GOP Senator James Lankford about the removal of the word “mother” and the insertion of the term “birthing people.”
Lankford cornered Becerra about the elision of the word “mother,” asserting, “I also notice you changed a term in your budget where you shifted in places from using the term ‘mother’ to ‘birthing people’ rather than ‘mother.’ Can you help me get a good definition of ‘birthing people?’”
Becerra deflected, “Well, I’ll check on the language there, but I think if we’re talking about those who give birth I think we’re talking about —” Unable to bring himself to say “mother,” Becerra grinned, “I don’t know how else to explain it to you other than &#8230;” as his voice petered out.
Lankford pressed, “I was a little taken aback when I just read it and saw it that the term ‘mother’ was gone and it was replaced with ‘birthing people” and I didn’t know if this was a direction you were going, if there were shifts, if there were regulatory changes that are happening related to that or what the purpose of that is.”
Becerra dodged, “I think it’s probably — and again I’d have to go back and take a look at the language that was used in the budget, but I think it simply reflects the work that is being done.”
“I definitely get that; I would only say the language is important always; we don’t want to offend in our language; I get that,” Lankford said. “But would you at least admit calling a mom a ‘birthing person’ could be offensive to some moms? They don’t want to get like a ‘Happy Birthing Person’ card in May. Can you at least admit that term itself could be offensive to some moms?”
Becerra still wouldn’t admit Lankford’s argument, instead laughing, “Senator, I’ll go back and take a look at the terminology that was used and I can get back to you, but again, if we’re trying to be precise in the language that’s used.”
Lankford fired, “Mom’s a pretty good word. That’s worked for a while and I think that’s pretty precise as well.”
Becerra refusing to say “mother”:
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Key Speakers At CEO Summit Of The Americas

Biden HHS Secretary, Who Grinned, Refused To Say ‘Mother,’ Calls SCOTUS Roe Decision ‘Despicable’

Xavier Becerra, who has refused to use the term "mother," calls SCOTUS Roe decision "despicable."

Mothers

Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

Supreme Court

Xavier Becerra

Oklahoma leaders condemned the Wednesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-shooter-opens-fire-at-tulsa-medical-facility-multiple-casualties-reported">shooting</a> at a Tulsa medical center that left five people dead, including the shooter, who appears to have committed suicide.
The shooter, who has been described as a black man between the ages of 35 and 40, went to the Natalie Building on the St. Francis Hospital Campus, where he began shooting.
&#8220;Officers immediately rushed to the second floor where the shooting was taking place, when they got there they found a few people had been shot, a couple were dead at that time,” Tulsa Police Captain Richard Meulenberg <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-responding-active-shooting-tulsa-oklahoma-hospital/story?id=85120242">told</a> ABC News. “We also found at that time who [we] believe and still believe to [be] the shooter.”
The shooter reportedly brought two weapons with him to conduct the attack.
“We are doing a meticulous floor-by-floor, room-by-room search. It’s calmed down,” Meulenberg said on Wednesday. “We’re trying to connect people and we’re hoping not to find any victims.”
In the wake of the tragedy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-stitt">Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt</a> (R) released a statement calling the attack “a senseless act of violence and hatred.”
“Sarah and I are praying for the families of those who lost their lives and for those who were injured,” the governor added. &#8220;I am grateful for the quick and brave actions of the Tulsa Police Department and other first responders who did their best to contain a terrible situation.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-lankford">Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford</a> (R) also released a statement.
“Cindy and I are heartbroken to hear the devastating news out of Tulsa this evening. We are praying for the families of the lives that were taken far too soon and for a full recovery for those who were injured today. It is hard to process the anger that motivates someone to commit such violence, especially at a place that provides care and healing,” Lankford said. &#8220;I am in touch with local officials in Tulsa and will continue to receive updates on the situation. Our law enforcement and first responders were prepared and equipped to respond to a situation to which no one ever wants to respond. I’m grateful for their quick reaction to prevent any further loss of life.&#8221;
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt also expressed his concern, saying &#8220;Oklahoma City’s prayers go out to the victims of the shooting in Tulsa, their families, the health care professionals affected, and all the people of Tulsa.&#8221;
The shooting in Tulsa came just days after a gunman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shootings-in-tennessee-oklahoma-and-pennsylvania-leave-several-dead-over-memorial-day-weekend">opened fire</a> at a festival in Taft, Oklahoma, killing a 39-year-old woman and injuring seven others. That shooting was reportedly prompted by an argument.
It is still unclear why a gunman targeted the Tulsa medical center.

Shooting At Tulsa Medical Building Leaves Four Dead

‘Senseless Act Of Violence And Hatred’: Oklahoma Governor, Other Leaders, Condemn Tulsa Medical Center Shooting

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, Senator James Lankford Condemn Tulsa Shooting

Kevin Stitt

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Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (LA) led a group of GOP leaders who signed a letter on Tuesday urging the Biden administration to develop a plan to combat crime at the southern border.
The effort comes as the nation honors National Police Week in recognizing the work of America&#8217;s law enforcement officers.
“Around the country, we’re seeing violent crime like homicide, theft, arson, and vandalism dramatically increase while progressive leaders debate defunding the police. The Biden Administration is failing to address our wide open border where the cartels smuggle drugs and people into the United States every day,” Sen. James Lankford (OK), who joined Cassidy, <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-cassidy-colleagues-call-on-white-house-and-congress-to-combat-crime-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“We need to take action to hold criminals accountable and address lawlessness in our nation. During this Police Week, we thank our law enforcement officers and their families for their contributions and sacrifices. Their hard work on the front lines keeps us safe and reminds us that we have to always be vigilant to protect our families,&#8221; he added.
Cassidy also called for urgent action.
“If there was ever a time that the American people want to know that the president and Congress are working together to defeat the scourge of crime, the time is now. This resolution is to send the message that combating crime is what we are focused on,” Cassidy wrote.
The <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Lankford%20Cassidy%20Crime%20Resolution.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> noted that &#8220;violent crimes can only be combated if the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, other law enforcement agencies, and the private sector work together,&#8221; urging all American agencies to partner to counter the growing concerns along the border.
The other Republican senators who co-signed the letter included Chuck Grassley (IA), John Barrasso (WY), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Mike Braun (IN), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), John Cornyn (TX), Kevin Cramer (ND), Mike Crapo (ID), Ted Cruz (TX), Steve Daines (MT), Joni Ernst (IA), Bill Hagerty (TN), John Hoeven (ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS), Ron Johnson (WI), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Roger Marshall (KS), Rob Portman (OH), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (FL), Rick Scott (FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Dan Sullivan (AK), Thom Tillis (NC), Roger Wicker (MS), Deb Fischer (NE), Jim Inhofe (OK), and Todd Young (IN).
The letter also comes as &#8220;234,088 migrants encountered at the Southern border in April, per a DHS court filing today. That’s the highest number in DHS history. 117,989 migrants were released into the U.S. in April. 113,248 were removed, including 96,908 expelled via Title 42,&#8221; according to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin.
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BREAKING: There were 234,088 migrants encountered at the Southern border in April, per a DHS court filing today. That’s the highest number in DHS history. 117,989 migrants were released into the U.S. in April. 113,248 were removed, including 96,908 expelled via Title 42. <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1526319686010515457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Lankford also blasted the Biden administration regarding its response to crime during a February press conference claiming Biden keeps looking the other way as crime skyrockets.
&#8220;We have a serious problem with just basic law enforcement in this country—that right now, this Administration is trying to handcuff law enforcement and release criminals. We’re doing exactly the wrong thing, time after time after time,&#8221; Lankford <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-calls-out-biden-for-looking-the-other-way-while-crime-skyrockets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;Individuals that illegally cross our southern border are being released into the country, and federal law enforcement officials are being treated as if they’re hotel check-in staff rather than federal law enforcement and told to just wave people through,&#8221; he added.

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‘We Need To Take Action’: Sen. Cassidy, Colleagues Lead Effort To Combat Crime At The Southern Border

'We Need To Take Action': Sen. Cassidy Leads Effort To Combat Crime At The Southern Border

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Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford is denouncing D.C. officials for failing to properly address the deaths of five premie-sized aborted babies found in the nation&#8217;s capitol.
“I demanded an investigation from D.C. Mayor Bowser, the D.C. police, and the Department of Justice into the deaths of the five babies whose lives were stolen through gruesome late-term abortion procedures, potentially violating federal law,&#8221; Lankford told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;Unsurprisingly, my request was met with a shrug,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Some in our nation’s capital may not care about the value of every child, but I believe every child is valuable. I’m not giving up on these precious lives lost or on the refusal to investigate how their lives were taken.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m not letting this go,&#8221; Lankford promised.
His comments come amid repeated media inquiries and calls for investigations and autopsies from Republican lawmakers and pro-life activists.
Lankford <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-lawmakers-demand-d-c-doj-investigate-bodies-of-aborted-babies-uncovered-by-pro-life-activists">led Republican lawmakers</a> in demanding that D.C. authorities determine <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-authorities-wont-autopsy-recovered-bodies-of-these-aborted-babies-police-are-hiding-barbaric-crimes-pro-lifers-say">how the babies died</a> by preserving the baby bodies as evidence and performing autopsies.
Lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-doj-fbi-must-investigate-aborted-baby-bodies-for-violations-of-partial-birth-abortion-act">have also asked</a> that the Department of Justice investigate whether the abortionist who ended the babies&#8217; lives <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-doj-fbi-must-investigate-aborted-baby-bodies-for-violations-of-partial-birth-abortion-act">violated federal law</a> by performing partial-birth abortions while the babies were still alive or by allowing the babies to die after they were born alive.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-accuses-pro-life-activist-of-tampering-with-fetal-remains">finally weighed in</a> on the matter late last Friday in a response to Lankford, but the mayor did not address calls for investigations or autopsies.
Instead, she singled out Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising activist Lauren Handy, one of the women who has said they intercepted the fetal remains at Washington Surgi Clinic on March 25.
Handy has been charged and indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a separate October 2020 incident wherein she pushed her way into an abortion clinic. Bowser called this “extremist anti-abortion activity.”
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is in consultation with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on both matters,” the mayor said, calling the October 2020 incident and Handy’s involvement in finding the fetal remains “potentially, serious violations of federal law.”
She has not responded to The Daily Wire’s requests for comment regarding the requested autopsies. The D.C. Medical Examiner directed The Daily Wire to her office when asked for comment, and the Metropolitan Police Department has steadily refused to divulge information citing an ongoing investigation into the matter.
Staff at the clinic have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-went-to-the-clinic-of-the-dc-abortionist-accused-of-gruesome-crimes-heres-what-i-saw">refused to discuss</a> the aborted baby bodies with The Daily Wire, directing press inquiries to the National Abortion Federation, which has not responded to requests for comment.
“D.C. officials do not care about federal laws protecting our most vulnerable, and their silence only confirms it,” Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy told The Daily Wire on Wednesday. “Performing an autopsy and acknowledging the mere possibility that abortionist Cesare Santangelo broke the law would require Mayor Bowser and her radically pro-abortion cronies to concede that these are indeed human beings worthy of protection.”
“Biden’s Department of Justice should investigate these horrific acts, rather than put the administration’s pro-abortion ideology above the lives of these children,” he added. “That’s what a serious and functional DOJ would do. Given its record, however, I won’t hold my breath.”

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‘I’m Not Letting This Go’: Senator Slams D.C. Authorities For Apparent Disinterest In Investigating D.C.’s Abortion Scandal

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Muriel Bowser

National Abortion Federation

Pro-Life Movement

Washington D.C.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford on Monday blasted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s (D-NY) plan to change the chamber&#8217;s rules, arguing the effort is &#8220;a threat to our Republic.&#8221;
“Schumer’s threat to change the rules of the Senate unless he gets his way is not just a temper tantrum; it is a threat to our Republic. For over two centuries, the Senate is the one place in our government where minority opinions have a voice, unless Senator Schumer gets his way,&#8221; Lankford said in a <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-responds-to-schumers-senate-rules-threat-">statement</a>.
&#8220;In 2017, 32 Senate Democrats signed a letter saying that the filibuster should not change—27 of those Democrats are still in the Senate. Now that they are in power, they want to do whatever it takes to pass their progressive legislative agenda by changing the historic rules of our Republic,&#8221; he added.
Lankford also addressed what he called the &#8220;absurd&#8221; claim by Democrats that Republicans do not want fair elections.
“It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections,&#8221; the senator wrote.
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It is absurd to claim that Republicans do not want free and fair elections. We all want fair elections. Dems want to federalize our elections over the states &amp; local authorities in blue and red states.
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1478382434546765833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
Instead, Lankford noted that it is Democrats who want to federalize elections to extend &#8220;overreach&#8221; that benefits keeping them in power.
&#8220;Democrats want to federalize our elections over the states and local authorities in blue and red states. Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power and is not what’s in the best interest of Americans,” he said.
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Their absurd overreach only benefits keeping them in power &amp; is not what’s in the best interest of Americans.<a href="https://t.co/QWVLN7G6v1">https://t.co/QWVLN7G6v1</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1478382537764388870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
Schumer vowed on Monday that he will push a vote on changing the Senate rules by January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, if Republicans continue to oppose his party’s voting rights bill.
“If Republicans continue to block our efforts, The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: Free and fair elections,” Schumer tweeted.
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If Republicans continue to block our efforts,
The Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy:
Free and fair elections.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1478046352852627461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-vows-vote-on-changing-senate-rules-if-gop-continues-to-block-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Schumer also sent a <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Dear%20Colleague%201.3.22.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> on Monday to the members of the Senate Democratic Caucus regarding the issue.
“The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic. Over the coming weeks, the Senate will once again consider how to perfect this union and confront the historic challenges facing our democracy,” Schumer wrote.
“We hope our Republican colleagues change course and work with us. But if they do not, the Senate will debate and consider changes to Senate rules on or before January 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to protect the foundation of our democracy: free and fair elections,” he added.</blockquote>
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Make no mistake: This week, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenateDems</a> will make clear what happened on January 6th is directly linked to the one-sided, partisan actions being taken by GOP-led state legislatures across the country. We can and must take strong action to stop this anti-democratic march. <a href="https://t.co/tLkpfObZAS">pic.twitter.com/tLkpfObZAS</a>
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1478030819327418368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2022</a></blockquote>

‘A Threat To Our Republic’: GOP Senator Blasts Schumer’s Plan To Change Senate Rules

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Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford criticized vaccine mandates by appealing to America&#8217;s freedoms, arguing in an interview that &#8220;we make our own free choices.&#8221;
Lankford&#8217;s remarks occurred during a recent interview with Newsmax TV concerning the government&#8217;s response to growing COVID-19 cases following the recent spread of the Omicron variant.
&#8220;I’m going to keep fighting back against Biden’s vaccine mandates to allow Americans to make their own choice concerning the vaccine,&#8221; the senator said in a Twitter post featuring a clip from his interview.
&#8220;We’re Americans—that’s what we do. We make our own free choices,&#8221; he added.
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I’m going to keep fighting back against Biden’s vaccine mandates to allow Americans to make their own choice concerning the vaccine.
We’re Americans—that’s what we do. We make our own free choices. <a href="https://t.co/S7TAo3KnD3">pic.twitter.com/S7TAo3KnD3</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1475496700122787840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2021</a></blockquote>
&#8220;We&#8217;re making progress in this area,&#8221; Lankford said regarding the Senate&#8217;s efforts to stop vaccine mandates for large employers.
&#8220;Obviously the courts have caught up on us, and the courts have blocked the mandates on the private sector for federal contractors and for those in hospital areas. We just passed a statement that myself and Mike Braun and several others worked very, very hard on in the Senate to be able to block this vaccine mandate that now heads over to the House. We think there are enough votes in the House to be able to block it as well. We&#8217;re going to find every single leverage point that we can to allow Americans to be able to choose because we&#8217;re Americans. That&#8217;s what we do. We make our own free choices.&#8221; he added.
In another post, Lankford noted that &#8220;71% of Americans say we’re on the wrong track as a nation.&#8221;
The concerns touch on more than vaccine mandates.
&#8220;With Afghanistan, vaccine mandates, inflation, overspending—Democrat’s policies aren’t working and Americans are not happy,&#8221; the senator added.
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71% of Americans say we’re on the wrong track as a nation.
With Afghanistan, vaccine mandates, inflation, overspending—Democrat’s policies aren’t working and Americans are not happy. <a href="https://t.co/kepPk0rxaR">pic.twitter.com/kepPk0rxaR</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1472940162531344396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
During a Senate floor speech earlier in December, Lankford also addressed Biden&#8217;s government overreach as an attack on American freedoms.
&#8220;May I remind Biden—we are the United States of America. We are a people that make our own decisions &amp; live in a free nation,&#8221; he said.
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May I remind Biden—we are the United States of America. We are a people that make our own decisions &amp; live in a free nation. <a href="https://t.co/9dVJ6XCbDu">pic.twitter.com/9dVJ6XCbDu</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1471903024037695500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote>
On November 4, The Daily Wire sued the federal government over the OSHA mandate for private businesses. The Daily Wire also launched a <a href="https://lp.dailywire.com/osha-petition/">petition</a> for signees to express support for its lawsuit against the mandate. More than one million people have now joined.
“The Daily Wire will not comply with President Biden’s tyrannical vaccine mandate, and we are suing the Biden Administration to put a stop to their gross overreach,” Daily Wire co-founder and co-CEO Jeremy Boreing said in a statement. “President Biden, the federal government, social media, and the establishment media have conspired to rob Americans of their freedoms in the name of public health. They have broken faith with the American people through conflicting messaging, false information, and by suppressing data and perspectives with which they disagree.”
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‘We Make Our Own Free Choices’: GOP Senator Appeals To American Freedom To Oppose Vaccine Mandates

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Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford declared his position on the pro-life issue in a fiery Twitter post that accused &#8220;the same individuals that work to protect the bald eagle eggs have no problem taking a life in the womb.&#8221;
Lankford posted the strong pro-life statement to Twitter on Friday alongside a video from his remarks during a news conference on abortion at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., prior to the Supreme Court&#8217;s opening arguments regarding a Mississippi abortion restriction law on Wednesday.
&#8220;I don’t understand how the same individuals that work to protect the bald eagle eggs have no problem taking a life in the womb,&#8221; Lankford tweeted.
&#8220;Children are not medical waste. They are beautiful, innocent, and valuable,&#8221; he added.
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I don’t understand how the same individuals that work to protect the bald eagle eggs have no problem taking a life in the womb.
Children are not medical waste. They are beautiful, innocent, and valuable. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModernizeOurLaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ModernizeOurLaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/nI5gmEqA1L">pic.twitter.com/nI5gmEqA1L</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1466754091539857408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2021</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand how infants have become a partisan issue,&#8221; Lankford said in the video.
&#8220;On this issue, I do not understand how some people see a baby sucking their thumb in the womb and they see them only as medical waste,&#8221; he added.
Lankford also questioned how pro-choice advocates deal with the inconsistencies between referring to a woman who has had an abortion and a woman who has experienced a miscarriage.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand how some people can support an abortion in one moment but when they talk to a woman that&#8217;s had a miscarriage, they immediately respond with, &#8216;Oh, I&#8217;m so sorry,'&#8221; he argued.
&#8220;If a miscarriage is the loss of a child, then what&#8217;s an abortion?&#8221; Lankford asked.
In another Twitter post, the Oklahoma senator also addressed the science regarding children in the womb.
&#8220;The science is clear to anyone willing to get past talking points and actually look in the womb,&#8221; Lankford wrote.
&#8220;Abortion is not about random tissue; it’s about a person,&#8221; he added.
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The science is clear to anyone willing to get past talking points and actually look in the womb.
Abortion is not about random tissue; it’s about a person. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModernizeOurLaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ModernizeOurLaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/l2i6S5Tif0">pic.twitter.com/l2i6S5Tif0</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1466467198810087432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
Noting the numerical significance of the issue, Lankford also commented that more than 62 million abortions have taken place in America since Roe v. Wade.
&#8220;62 million is the combined population of VT, AK, ND, SD, DE, RI, ME, NH, HI, WV, ID, NE, NM, KS, MS, AR, NV, IA, UT, CT, OR, KY, LA, AL, &amp; OK. That’s how many children have been killed by abortion since Roe v Wade. This is the most consequential case for human rights in 48 years,&#8221; he observed.
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62 million is the combined population of VT, AK, ND, SD, DE, RI, ME, NH, HI, WV, ID, NE, NM, KS, MS, AR, NV, IA, UT, CT, OR, KY, LA, AL, &amp; OK. That’s how many children have been killed by abortion since Roe v Wade. This is the most consequential case for human rights in 48 years. <a href="https://t.co/f1RXxE7OwH">pic.twitter.com/f1RXxE7OwH</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1466225609495957507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2021</a></blockquote>
Lankford also appeared at a pro-life event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-hears-mississippi-abortion-case-arguments-what-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization</a> case on Wednesday.
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48 years ago, SCOTUS said every state must give people the ability to kill their children. That needs to change now. <a href="https://t.co/i9hyLrc5Bt">pic.twitter.com/i9hyLrc5Bt</a>
— Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1466184231630032896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2021</a></blockquote>

Lankford: ‘The Same Individuals’ Protecting Bald Eagle Eggs ‘Have No Problem Taking A Life In The Womb’

On Thursday, eleven Republican senators <a href="https://www.daines.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/9.16.2021%20Google%20Abortion%20Pill%20Reversal%20Ad%20Letter.pdf">fired off a letter</a> to Google CEO Sundar Pichai demanding that Google reverse its decision to ban the pro-life organization Live Action’s ads promoting Heartbeat International’s Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) hotline.
Led by Montana Senator Steve Daines, the group of senators included Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Mike Lee of Utah, Marco Rubio of Florida, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi. They wrote,
<blockquote>We are deeply concerned by Google’s decision to ban Live Action’s pro-life ads promoting Heartbeat International’s Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) hotline. Google’s pro-life censorship is out of step with the science and reflects an unacceptable bias against pro-life views. We insist that you immediately reverse this decision.</blockquote>
They delineated the history of Google’s actions:
<blockquote>Google initially approved Live Action’s APR ads and they ran for over four months, spending over $170,000 and directing thousands of people to the APR hotline. On September 13, Google unexpectedly shut down these ads without warning or evidence, citing its “unreliable claims” policy. Google has subsequently indicated that it took this action after reviewing a one-sided pro-abortion “report” provided by a left-leaning news agency.
Google has also since stated that it censored APR ads because they made “unproven medical claims,” citing “serious concerns” from the pro-abortion American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). It is shameful that Google has acted to appease pro-abortion activists by silencing pro-life voices, rather than considering all the evidence and following the science.</blockquote>
They offered evidence to counter Google&#8217;s claims:
<blockquote>Progesterone treatment has been safely used in pregnancy for decades to prevent miscarriage. In APR, this treatment is used to halt a chemical abortion, giving a mother (and her baby) who changes her mind after only taking the first abortion pill a second chance. APR treatments, moreover, have reportedly saved the lives of over 2,500 children and have a 64-68% success rate.</blockquote>
The senators pointed out Google’s penchant for supporting abortion pills while simultaneously attacking pro-life efforts:
<blockquote>While banning pro-life APR ads, Google continues to allow ads for purveyors of the deadly abortion pill mifepristone by mail, despite the fact this drug has resulted in at least 24 mothers’ tragic deaths and at least 1,042 mothers being sent to the hospital.Google’s double standard on abortion is disingenuous and an egregious abuse of its enormous market power to protect the billion-dollar abortion industry. The practical consequence of Google’s abortion distortion is that pregnant mothers in crisis will only have the option to be marketed abortion drugs through Google’s ad platforms, while life-affirming alternatives are suppressed.</blockquote>
They concluded with a series of questions:
<blockquote>Did any Google employees communicate with, or receive communications from, any representatives of pro-abortion organizations or news agencies, requesting Live Action’s APR ads be banned? If so, please provide the names of these organizations and news agencies.
Were scientists or medical doctors with a diversity of views on abortion consulted in the decision to ban the APR ads? Or only those who promote abortion (like ACOG)?
Will Google also remove ads for the deadly abortion pill mifepristone?</blockquote>

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A Republican senator is slamming President Biden for terminating the declaration of a national emergency at the southern border while paying Department of Defense contractors millions of dollars not to build the wall, saying Biden “is paying professional construction contractors to babysit metal to the tune of $2 billion and counting.”
Oklahoma GOP senator James Lankford noted in a <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-exposes-billions-in-waste-in-biden-border-wall-debacle-demands-answers-from-top-officials">press release</a>, “More than 180,000 migrants attempted to cross our southern border in June alone. On January 20, President Biden issued <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/27/2021-01922/termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states-and-redirection-of">Presidential Proclamation 10142</a>, which terminated the federally declared emergency at the southern border and halted the construction of the congressionally funded border wall, citing the need to ‘assess’ the wall’s construction.”
Lankford issued a <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/GOBM%20Interim%20Report%20on%20Border%20Wall.pdf">scathing report</a> in which it was noted that Biden’s “efforts to suspend or terminate border wall construction have cost taxpayers between $1.837 billion to $2.087 billion since January 20, 2021. This amount continues to increase by at least $3 million per day, according to records and data obtained by the Minority Staff of the Government Operations and Border Management (GOBM) Subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC).”
“By the end of the Trump Administration, $10 billion had been transferred to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) accounts for border wall construction and related projects,” the report noted. “As of June 2021, the Biden Administration has wasted roughly 20 percent ($2 billion) of that $10 billion on suspension and termination costs related to border wall contracts. This waste of taxpayer resources threatens military readiness and national security.”
“The Biden Administration is paying contractors at least $3 million per day to guard steel, concrete, and other materials in the desert,” the report stated. “At the same time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered over 1.1 million migrants along the Southwest border this fiscal year – a 20 year high.This policy decision raises significant concerns about the Biden Administration’s immigration agenda and requires both Congressional oversight and legislative action.&#8221;
Lankford blasted:
<blockquote>It is absolutely absurd that Americans are paying contractors to guard metal gates that President Biden refuses to install because he wants to “study” the wall. Stubbornly refusing to spend money approved for the wall is not “executing” the law. It’s ignoring the law and ignoring the very real national security concerns posed by illegal entry across our very open southern border. For years I have called out federal waste, but the Biden Administration is literally “going for broke” with this nonsense. 
Our border patrol agents are doing their best to secure our border, but they need additional barriers, roads, and technology to help keep us safe. Instead, President Biden is paying professional construction contractors to babysit metal to the tune of $2 billion and counting, while at the same time we’ve seen a 20-year high number of migrants crossing our open border.</blockquote>
The press release concluded, &#8220;Lankford <a href="https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-wants-answers-on-why-biden-administration-is-handcuffing-ice-from-enforcing-the-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has stated</a> he plans to hold every nominee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until the crisis at the southern border is handled and until the southern border wall is complete.&#8221;

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Republican Senator James Lankford (OK) called on Oklahoma to block the sale of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream as the brand faces criticism for its anti-Israel actions this week.
Lankford <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1417813410818019329">tweeted</a>, “[Ben and Jerry’s] has now decided they know more about Jerusalem than the Israelis. If Ben &amp; Jerry’s wants to have a meltdown &amp; boycott Israel, OK is ready to respond. Oklahoma has an anti-boycott of Israel law in place”
“We should immediately block the sale of all [Ben and Jerry’s] in the state and in any state-operated facility to align with our law,” he added.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Benandjerrys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Benandjerrys</a> has now decided they know more about Jerusalem than the Israelis. If Ben &amp; Jerry’s wants to have a meltdown &amp; boycott Israel, OK is ready to respond. Oklahoma has an anti-boycott of Israel law in place
&mdash; Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorLankford/status/1417813410818019329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote>
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As <a href="https://okcfox.com/news/local/lankford-wants-to-block-the-sale-of-all-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-due-to-israel-stance">reported</a> by Oklahoma’s KOKH Fox 25, “Last year, the governor did sign a bill that declares Israel a prominent trading partner and gives the state the option to not do business with companies that boycott Israel. The Oklahoma law does not allow for an all-out ban of a product or company based on that company’s dealings – or decision to not have dealings – in Israel.”
The <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2019-20%20ENR/hB/HB3967%20ENR.PDF">law</a> states, “The State of Oklahoma hereby declares that Israel is a prominent trading partner of the State of Oklahoma and that the state, and those companies that do business by and through the state, in the interest of the state&#8217;s economic policy, should not boycott trade with Israel.”
As <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/564193-republican-calls-on-oklahoma-to-ban-ben-jerrys">reported</a> by The Hill, however, state Representative Mark McBride (R), “one of the primary authors of the bill, said that this law only applies to the state of Oklahoma and who they do business with.”
“If Ben &amp; Jerry’s was a vendor [of the state], then we would not do business, but they are not a vendor of Oklahoma,” McBride said to The Hill, adding that he will not be doing business with the ice cream company.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-ben-jerrys-targets-israel-we-wont-sell-ice-cream-in-judea-and-samaria">reported</a>, “Ben &amp; Jerry’s ice cream, named for its two leftist founders and owned by Unilever since 2000, announced on Monday that they would no longer sell ice cream in the two ancient Biblical parts of Israel, Judea and Samaria.”
Their statement <a href="https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/media-center/palestine-statement?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=demand&amp;utm_term=photo&amp;utm_content=palestine-statement">read</a>:
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We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben &amp; Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners.
We have a longstanding partnership with our licensee, who manufactures Ben &amp; Jerry’s ice cream in Israel and distributes it in the region. We have been working to change this, and so we have informed our licensee that we will not renew the license agreement when it expires at the end of next year.
Although Ben &amp; Jerry’s will no longer be sold in the OPT, we will stay in Israel through a different arrangement. We will share an update on this as soon as we’re ready.
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This is not the first time that Ben and Jerry’s has taken steps to be provocative and political. In 2017, the company <a href="https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/ben-jerrys-marriage-equality-australia/">banned customers</a> in Australia from having two scoops of the same flavor in 26 stores because it was upset about the status of same-sex marriage in the country.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shameful-israeli-foreign-affairs-minister-to-demand-u-s-enforce-anti-bds-laws-against-ben-jerrys">reported</a>, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid pushed for U.S. action against Ben &amp; Jerry’s on Monday.
“Ben &amp; Jerry’s decision represents shameful surrender to antisemitism, to BDS and to all that is wrong with the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish discourse. We will not be silent,” Lapid <a href="https://twitter.com/yairlapid/status/1417169814867484676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417169816352436226%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/shameful-israeli-foreign-affairs-minister-to-demand-u-s-enforce-anti-bds-laws-against-ben-jerrys">tweeted</a>.
“Over 30 states in the United States have passed anti-BDS legislation in recent years. I plan on asking each of them to enforce these laws against Ben &amp; Jerry’s. They will not treat the State of Israel like this without a response,” Lapid added.
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Ben &amp; Jerry’s decision represents shameful surrender to antisemitism, to BDS and to all that is wrong with the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish discourse. We will not be silent.
&mdash; יאיר לפיד &#8211; Yair Lapid🟠 (@yairlapid) <a href="https://twitter.com/yairlapid/status/1417169814867484676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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“To date, 35 states have <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-bds-legislation">passed</a> legislation against the <a href="https://www.ajc.org/news/bds-is-antisemitic">anti-Semitic</a> Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel,” The Daily Wire noted.

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Republican Senator Calls For State To Boycott Ben And Jerry’s Over Anti-Israel Actions

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