Republican Sen. James Lankford tells GStephanopoulos that it’s time to stop naming military bases after Confederate leaders, saying there are “lots of great” modern military leaders that we can honor. President Trump is against renaming Army bases.
George Stephanopoulos interviews Senator James Lankford, R-Okla., on"This Week."Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said on ABC's"This Week" that there should be a national ban on chokeholds, the restraint police used when George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.
"We should have that. That was one of the things that we should have engaged in a long time ago," Lankford told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. "There's been a long standing principle out there that that is not needed for that situation," he added. Speaking from Oklahoma City, Lankford appeared on"This Week" ahead of Senate Republicans' unveiling of a new police reform bill in the wake of George Floyd's death while in police custody and the subsequent protests. It follows sweeping legislation introduced by congressional Democrats that would
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