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Oklahoma Lawmakers Nix Censure of Inhofe, Lankford

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Oklahoma Lawmakers Nix Censure of Inhofe, Lankford

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Oklahoma Republican Party lawmakers Saturday rejected a resolution to censure the U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford for not objecting to the Electoral College votes that certified Democrat Joe Biden as president on Jan. 6.

In Saturday’s vote, 122 members of the Republican State Committee opposed the resolution the two GOP senators while 93 voted in support. The resolution also called for Inhofe and Lankford to resign.

Inhofe has said that not voting to certify the Electoral College votes would be a “violation of his oath of office to support and defend the Constitution.”

Lankford, along with more than a dozen senators, initially objected to the certification of the 2020 election results but changed his mind after insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Inhofe called Saturday’s vote “a step toward uniting the Oklahoma Republican Party against Democrats and Biden’s agenda.”

Lankford issued a statement thanking the Oklahomans who have supported his campaign. He is up for reelection next year, and is being challenged by Tulsa pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, has been critical of Lankford for what he says is Lankford’s lack of support for former President Donald Trump. Gov. Kevin Stitt is among more than 80 prominent Oklahoma Republicans who have endorsed Lankford’s reelection campaign.