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James Lankford: “To be brutally honest, the only difference between this place and a drunken sailor is that a drunken sailor stops…”

On the recordJune 6, 2017
To be brutally honest, the only difference between this place and a drunken sailor is that a drunken sailor stops spending when he runs out of money.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford criticizes government spending habits compared to personal financial responsibility.

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