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Trump Now Falsely Claims He Didn’t Endorse Immigration Bill Co-Author<!-- wp:html --><p>Ronda Churchill/Reuters</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a> said during an interview Monday that he did not endorse Sen. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-gop-says-vote-to-condemn-sen-james-lankford-for-border-negotiations-was-illegitimate">James Lankford</a> (R-OK), who won re-election in 2022 and is now one of the architects of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-unveils-bipartisan-immigration-overhaul-as-house-gop-rages?ref=wrap">immigration bill</a> that Trump opposes. The problem: Trump did endorse him.</p> <p>“Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Sen. Lankford. I didn’t do it. He ran, and I did not endorse him,” Trump claimed on <em>The</em> <em>Dan Bongino Show</em>, after the host made Trump aware that some have called attention to the former president's endorsement. “So I’m sure your person will be happy to hear that.”</p> <p>The truth, however, is easily accessible.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-now-falsely-claims-he-didnt-endorse-immigration-bill-co-author-james-lankford">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Donald Trump said during an interview Monday that he did not endorse Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), who won re-election in 2022 and is now one of the architects of the immigration bill that Trump opposes. The problem: Trump did endorse him.

“Just to correct the record, I did not endorse Sen. Lankford. I didn’t do it. He ran, and I did not endorse him,” Trump claimed on The Dan Bongino Show, after the host made Trump aware that some have called attention to the former president’s endorsement. “So I’m sure your person will be happy to hear that.”

The truth, however, is easily accessible.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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