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Lauren Camera

15 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read

The apology from Lankford is important because it puts front and center a major point that’s sometimes lost in stories about Trump’s claims of election fraud and the subsequent storming of the Capitol by his most ardent supporters. usnews.com/news/politics/…

And that’s that Trump is not simply claiming the election was stolen; he’s claiming it was stolen because of fraud in majority Black counties in a handful of swing states.

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Lankford’s apology to residents of North Tulsa, the site of the Tulsa Race Massacre, connects these dots in a way no other Republican has yet.

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“My intent to give a voice to Oklahomans who had questions was never also an intent to diminish the voice of any Black American,” wrote Lankford. “I should have recognized how what I said and what I did could be interpreted by many of you.” usnews.com/news/politics/…

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