Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), hours before his months-long work on a pro-migration border deal is projected to go down in flames, defended Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas against impeachment.
Asked about the House’s effort to impeach the embattled secretary amid an unprecedented border crisis that began under his watch, Lankford said, “It’ll fail in the Senate,” while mockingly taunting, “If I can use the House term, it’ll be dead on arrival when it comes over.”
Lankford on House Republicans trying to impeach Mayorkas again
“It’ll fail in the Senate. If I could use the House term, it’ll be dead on arrival when it comes over.…” pic.twitter.com/Mq4twZPzIQ
— Alan He (@alanhe) February 7, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) previously said Lankford’s border deal was “dead on arrival” in the House. Those comments came hours after the…
