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Chair from your home state is saying it s not good enough any more. lankford, in the end, did not back all of trump s election lies, and that seems to be the sticking point. what does it tell you? well, look, first of all, to put it in perspective, there are probably not 200 people in oklahoma who have any idea who the republican state chairman is. when i was in congress, i didn t know who my state party chairman was. so it doesn t mean that. but it does mean, as it often happens, you know, that the small number of extremists who are really fired up can easily take over a party organization. i don t think lankford is in any problem, but it is true that there is a hard core group that are not really interested in public policy. they re not interested in constitutional issues. they re trump loyalists. they believe the lie. and it s happening here in massachusetts where the state ....
I think lankford, back to oklahoma, lankford is not going to be in any problem. i think he s going to easily win his primary, and then probably easily win reelection. but it does say something that this is happening all across the country. where the people who are the most zealous and really the ones who know the least about what s true and what s not true are able to take over an organization, and then she shut other people up. people become afraid to stand up to them. it s the intimidation factor because what will bring trump in and what will denounce you, we ll sue you and whatever else. i think it s a problem all across the country. the trump poison has been spread throughout the party. and, again, and i agree. i don t think lankford necessarily is vulnerable in oklahoma, but it is striking that for some candidates around the country, it seems to be a growing number, that adherence ....