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14 Jan 2021
After a potential offense, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) has issued an apology to residents in north Oklahoma on Thursday after he questioned the 2020 presidential election results, according to
Tulsa World.
Addressed to “My friends in North Tulsa,” Lankford says his decision to question the results “caused a firestorm of suspicion among many of my friends, particularly in Black communities around the state. I was completely blindsided, but I also found a blind spot.”
According to the publication
Tulsa World, “Lankford has been more involved with Black Tulsans, and particularly the historic Greenwood District, than any statewide Republican officeholder in decades.”
By: News On 6, Kristin Wells
TULSA, Okla. -
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued a letter to Black Tulsans after his decision to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In the letter, Lankford apologized for his “blindness” to how his actions were seen by the Black community in Oklahoma, as challenging results in states like Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan was “seen as casting doubt on the validity of votes coming out of predominantly Black communities.”
Sen. Lankford had voiced his support for an Electoral Commission to audit the results of the election. Following the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, Lankford ultimately dropped his challenge to the election.