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James Lankford: “What is unique and what is disturbing, though, about this election, 2016, is the aggressiveness and the variety of tools…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
What is unique and what is disturbing, though, about this election, 2016, is the aggressiveness and the variety of tools they use...
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford highlights the unprecedented aggressiveness of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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