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On the recordSeptember 18, 2024
I come to the floor today to be able to talk about an issue that, apparently, there is a large belief among some that doesn't exist. So I wanted to be able to pull the veil back and to say this is actually an issue. And I can't believe I even have to have this conversation. And, in many ways, it is an incredibly difficult conversation to be able to have. During the Presidential debate that happened just a few weeks ago now, there was a debate, ostensibly, between Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump. It ended up being a debate between Vice President Harris, David Muir, Linsey Davis, all against Donald Trump. There were multiple moments where the ABC moderators decided they were going to debate or correct Donald Trump when he spoke, and it became this very odd interchange that all America watched and thought: Well, that doesn't seem like a debate in that sense. One of those moments was a really odd moment. There was a question about abortion to President Trump. That is a fair conversation for the moderators to bring up a question and to be able to talk about it. He has openly talked a lot about abortion. And, obviously, the vote that happened in the Supreme Court with the Dobbs decision has highlighted a lot of that conversation nationally since his Presidency. President Trump, during that debate, talked about children who are aborted away the eighth or ninth month and then some even after.…
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Sep 18, 2024

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