Of course he would, because he’s careful not to know.

He was elected for greed, not to read.

Oh… I don’t know. I’m not paid to know. I don’t think. I’m not paid to think. I don’t think I’m paid to know or think. Yup. That I know.

It's not hard. Total Murders / Total People

Ah, that pesky per capital calculation. Gets us every time.

Per capita*

Are Oklahomans alright with being told their loved ones weren’t murdered?

Far too many are either ok with it, or just don’t vote. We have one of the lowest voting rates in the country.

This is the same guy that wrote a border Bill and then voted against it. This guy's a fucking idiot and he knows exactly what his stats are. Liars got a lie

It's very simple Senator. If you were actually concerned about your constituents, you would have left this interview and immediately LOOKED UP THE STATISTIC! Then you would have gone back on the air, apologized for not being well informed, and changed your position on sending in troops.

They never know because they never actually know. They spew fake stats to make their fear-mongering arguments more believable for their scared voter base. And when given factual stats from their own Admin, the GOP scoffs and says they don't believe it or it's wrong.

That’s the Republicans playbook… act like they’re all knowing in every subject but when called out on specifics play dumb and obfuscate.

If she's going to say something like that (and good for her), then why doesn't she simply have the stats at hand to back it up? Bad Journalism. No excuse whatsoever.

Because she is Kristin welker and that is how she gets them on the show and we tune in to watch the train wreck.

That's a good point. If she completely ambushes them, would any ever appear again? She made her statement and we all know the truth. And those who didn't know might start questioning Donald Trump's occupying of certain cities with the same or less crime....

Lankford doesn’t care about crime in Oklahoma. He only cares about a rationale to send in troops to kill and suppress voters in blue states. This is the Confederacy Redux in the 21st century. Oh and FWIW the Confederacy was more than happy to kill their own if they didn’t join their insurrection.

It’s always evasion with these guys. Not a single one can answer the question they are asked.

These losers wouldn’t know statistics if the numbers were staring them in the face.

Oh, it’s accurate, or you wouldn’t be crying.

So dumb and dumber. Quite the accomplishment for a senator

I'll bet you he can rattle off his top donors right off the top of his head. And it's likely that none of them are in his state.

When journalists give numbers like this and they are denied by the person they interview, they need to cut immediately and show the numbers and the source. Systematically, every time.

100% call these liars out !

No excuses to provide a reference statistics easily available

Absolutely. Bury them with truth. Make them lie in its face.

There are no journalist any more. There are only people who will over-process their looks and pose in front of a camera to get their 15 minutes of spotlight while only hearing their own voice asking their scripted questions. They are in transmit mode only. Zero receive mode. Zero logical thought.

So many dumb useless tools in the tool shed. 🙄😡

Bet he’s very surprised when anyone does any research and brings up any fact…

He does. He’s lying.

The Botox might have also frozen his brain.

Denial is not a river in Egypt dickhead Gop 💯🤬

The First 48 would be about shoplifting and jaywalking if it wasn't for Tulsa.

Oklahoma is Last in about Everything except having the dumbest Politian's.

He could ask Jen and Pumps when he goes home to moronvania.

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He was almost there when he cosponsored the immigration bill under Biden. Almost... Now he's just being an obfuscating loser realigning with the Gang Of Pedo-pleasers. It's amazing that we are so far gone when so few could change the current course of this country. Pathetic allies of #Traitors.

Please tell me she pulled out the stats and read them to Lankford on air... 🤦🏼‍♀️

It's Welker, I won't watch her anymore because I have no doubt she moved right on to her next question "asked with a stern and demanding face and a wagging finger" while expecting, once again, a completely rehearsed denial that she would move on from... rinse, lather, repeat.

I hear you.

If they can't defend objective facts, they attack the source. Textbook.

Always disagree or no answer is the gop model.

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Oh, he knows.

The Republican and Conservative mantra. Be a fraction of an IQ point less dumb than your voting demographic and you'll do just fine.

You can't shame a shameless hypocrite with facts.

Citing his sources: "Well, trump said..."

Lankford is a sycophantic Trump lickspittle

That's his answer?

Dot dot dot.

It IS accurate And the fact you don’t know that disqualifies you as a representative

He knows it...

So Oklahoma is not OK

Hypocrisy thy name is GOP... Lying SO., of course: it's what the entire MAGA cult is and does.

You would think…

It’s nothing more than a stunt to undermine Democratic governors and intimidate blue voters with troops.

It's accurate, hick-a-billy.....your state you are so white nationalist proud of is a rape and murder shithole.

Call he arrogant, gaslighting bastard at 202-224-5754. Ask him how stupid he thinks we are. Tell him he can’t erase Oklahoma’s crime rate because he “says so.”

This "per capita" term confuses them. Math is clearly not a strong suit. Neither is logic, critical thinking or human decency.

Education in Oklahoma #50. Worst. He knows.

Checked his wiki

Wanna bet he doesn't know what "per capita" means?

Although I don't want any troops invading any states in the USofA.

He doesn’t know what per capita means.

He’s just as guilty as the rest of them are

When he doesn't know the information, he deflects. When he doesn't want to admit the truth, he lies. Typical repug.

Downright RUDE

Just a tad out of touch there, eh Senator?

Damn facts always tighten a real sphincter!!

Translated from White Wing Fascist: "That can't be right. Crime is a darkie thing."

That's what happens when you care more about blowing the dark handed pedo instead of serving the people who elected you.

Statistics is math and math isn’t a Republican strong point

Odds are, if you could make him say what he really thinks, he'd say "well, that's just the black and Hispanic community. If you leave them out of the equation we aren't that bad." Whether that's true or not.

Jimmy Lanks is just another homegrown National Christian ✝️ Nat C

He probably doesn't even know that Texas is south of his state. Not only that but verifying that info is hard you know, you have to start your computer and search and all kinds of hard stuff.

Yes, he should and he most likely does. They hate to be called out on facts. Even this dude. I have no doubt every republican in congress knows these stats b/c they don't want the NG coming to their neighborhood any time soon.

The homicide rate in many red states is scary. Way more than the blue states.

The song of the weak, sneaky, two-faced politician: "I'm not sure, I didn't know, not my fault doo-dah doo-dah"

Facts are not required/considered by him.

Fortunately, we at least have a good mayor in OKC.

He must not watch our local news. Every night.. also, for someone who is so “religious”, he sure does LIE a lot.

The complex part here that will never be addressed is that Oklahoma has the 2nd largest native population of any state, and native women in the US face a staggeringly higher murder rate. Unfortunately, no part of the political spectrum seems to care about that at all.

I only mean that actual crime is FAR from the real concerns of the Trump administration, especially when the victims of that crime are people that conservatives are happy to see dead anyway. That's why this governor doesn't even know what's going on in the state he governs.

🤣

Boy, someone must have threatened Lankford and his family. He’s right back on the Trump train.

Republicans 'should know' is a tale as old as time

It’s accurate.

Google it, you pasty fucking twat.

Surprise!😳

That dumb mother fucker couldn't find Oklahoma on a map.

Whenever the GOP is told this, they come up with a bullshit excuse.

At this point... this crap is insane..!!! Literally insane...! Or... He knows...and he doesn't like the data.. So lies about not knowing 🙄 😒 . All of which...is insane.

You mean he's supposed to know something about the people he represents? I don't think he knew that either.

Really ? He doesn't know ? Pathetic individual

Of course he knows. But he is in the party of the big lie. He can ignore all facts that don't support his narrative and the media will largely let him get away with it. It used to be that we sometimes caught a politician in a lie. Now we have to search high&low to find a politician saying the truth.

FDT And His Deadly MAGA Cabinet Congress And Voters

This is what I keep saying! The regime gets away with calling out the big cities in blue states with Democratic mayors, without being fact checked by the media on the proportional populations! Good for Welker! (finally) Of course, zero shootings would be the ideal, but, you know, guns. 😞

Lankford is probably shocked to learn that he is in a cult. He's THAT self-aware

The GOP reps NEVER seem to have a grasp on the statistics. In Oklahoma I can see why they would want to... because they are representing a state that comes in DEAD LAST in so many categories!

Trump is pushing us into a side of a debate where we say one rate of murder is acceptable and another one is not. A No WIN.

Maybe doesn’t know per capita means

If Senator Lankford is that clueless about the state he is allegedly representing, then he has no place being in office. How could he possibly make decisions that are best for his constituents if he doesn't even have a basic understanding. Then again, he probably doesn't care.

Voters here can still vote a straight ticket. They always pick the R. There is some grumbling recently, so maybe a few have started to pay attention

Playing ignorant is in the GOP dna. Lankford is no different.

He knows. He’s just lying. It’s what they do.

It’s true. I have been wondering the same thing and to some degree, wishing the dictator would send them here to give my MAGA neighbors a taste of their own medicine.

Deny deny deny 🤡

So he does not have information on his own state

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Ol lanky there is too busy hiding the trump files to worry about good ol oklahoma..it'll take care of itself after all..it's got the 10 suggestions..oops..commandments..stop asking him the hard questions

The southern red states all have higher crime. Oklahoma has it everywhere

lie and deny its the only game they have other than hate and theft.

So does 10 other red states.

Know. Yes. Admit? that's a whole other thing. They all think they can play Donalds-double-down-denial.

Oh he knows.

She should have had the figures to hand.

Said with a straight face no less

The obvious follow up question indeed: “As the Senator from Oklahoma you do not know the crime statistics?” The politeness of the US press is compliance and generates the ignorance that is filled with Hollywood images of Marvel justice. Fantasy land!

Lankford the Okie MAGAT playing dumb. Just like that dweeb from Louisiana MAGAT Mike Johnson.

It’s accurate for EVERY Red state

This clown doesn’t even know about his own state 🤦🏻‍♂️

That would actually be funny, considering that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol is abandoning patrols if OK urban areas. If the local cops can’t handle it, too bad… In other words, the help is really and acutely needed in OK. BUT… OK will happily pony up its NG for the next trump publicity stunt…

Murders per capita. It’s a measure of murders per person. Since nobody wants to live in OK, when one of them gets killed, that’s a big deal. Conversely, there are 3 million in Chicago. That’s probably the same population as your entire pathetic backward state.

If it's not in the script it does not exist. Witness the MAGA mindset.

It’s accurate

It's absolutely infuriating that she doesnt call him on that BS. An ambush with no fangs is purely performative 😡.

A US Senator is confused by the statistic, homicides per capita. 🤦‍♂️

"I don't know about the numbers" basically translates to "I don't care about the numbers, I'll just point my finger over there to distract you from them!"...

Lankford doesn't think the murders of native American women count.

Ah yes another true Christian

He doesn't understand the concept of per capita. Nor do most MAGAs.

Playing dumb or just plain dumb 🤨

Based on his record, Lankford must have a lot of things to be surprised about, and done nothing about.

California ranks 43rd in gun deaths per capita , Oklahoma ranks 13th . He knows this , Lankford is just relying on the stupidity of his constituents.

He knows. He just doesn't care. Those are mostly gun deaths, primarily DV related or bar fights gone wrong in parking lots of roadhouses out on the hard road on the outskirts of those rural "all American" God fearing towns and villages. Like most of red rural area crime that they ignore.

This is why I don't watch MSM anymore; they just provide opportunities for MAGAts to lie. No pushback, no stats, just....ok, then.

Sadly, no MAGAts ever watch Meet The Press. Lankford could drop pants and wank on camera without penalty, because FOX won't pick up the story

"Per capita" is a phrase he doesn't comprehend.

Who knew Langford could be such a gaslighter.

As of 2022, Oklahoma's homicide rate was 8.3 homicides per 100,000 people, ranking it 20th among the states. This rate is higher than California's, which had a rate of 5.9 per 100,000 people. Very easy search senator.

Prepare to piss your trousers in shock.

He looks like your typical white closeted refukkklican.

So tired of smarmy performative politicians. I don’t wanna ever again hear this man is a “Conservative” (whatever that means)

Of course he knows it. He’s just playing the Deny, Delay, and If You Can’t Dazzle em With Brilliance, Baffle em With Bullshit game…

Claiming to be a republican in 2025 is a major sign of mental illness. We know he’s lying but there is still room to believe he really is just that dumb.

cough LIAR! cough

If media pushed even the SLIGHTEST bit back like this all the time,we might not have even had trump 1.0. But they love him

Les Moonves, Chairman of the board at CBS, said it best when he said Trump is terrible for the country but he’s great for ratings.

Isn’t that sad. It’s all about the money

Destroy the country for a good rating. Capitalism is the worst bullshit ever.

Rump says 'fake news', so no MAGA will ever believe any mainstream news again except those right of Faux News.

He's not an Okie. He's a carpetbagger from Texas. MAGA delenda est. Release all of the files, Shyster General Blondi.

And yet it IS accurate. More driveling nonsense from MAGA James. usafacts.org/articles/whi...

Right??!

This is why Republicans love the uneducated

Republicans count on their base being stupid racists.

i live here george... it is beyond violent. there are so many homeless people in tulsa.. to the point that they get run over sleeping in the street at night or let them freeze to death. this winter is going to be bad. they do not care about these people

It's accurate so answer the question!

Doesn’t KNOW?

Oklahoma. Where 11 year-olds are forced to give birth.

These fuckers don't know anything if it hasn't dropped from Dumpy's butthole into their mouths.

He 100% knows. He is 100% guilty of living like a parasite off of it. Almost all these people only pretend to be this stupid. They know their base will fall for it though.

Republicans don't believe in statistics, truth, science or reality.

Lankford lies, lies, lies…just like his master 👇🏽

“This conflicts with my preconceived notion that blue states are full of criminals.”

SURPRISE!!🙀

Maybe someone should explain to him what “per capita” means.

Most gop politicians, and some dems, have never sought elected office for their constituents. Money and power. Nothing else matters to them. Lankford is a prime example

Trust me, George, he does. But inconvenient truths hit hard, and it takes a hot second for a guy to recalibrate his bullshit production line.

He knows. He also knows that the media is no longer doing their job. We have moved to republiklan owned outlets that allow lies to go unchallenged. The mainstream media is there to push the republiklan agenda and allow lies to become the new normal. Facts are now irrelevant.

He looks like a completely normal human person

Not at all a lizard in a human suit

One of my neighbours has a nickname for him: Skeletor. Which is an insult to Skeletor, BTW.

Besides the fact that he’s almost certainly lying, many of these people, and their voters, are math illiterates. Many of the journalists are also mathematically illiterate, cutting corners with the reporting. The problem is that the corner being cut is the difference between right and wrong.

Senator Langford would be surprised to discover his own bunghole. 🤭

He knows exactly what it is, and, like virtually everyone else in his party, he’s lying.

Republicans are all liars & hypocrites They're inept incompetent leaders that only know how to disseminate lies propaganda & rhetoric He doesn't care about the constituency of his state, he only cares about his political party's power

He should know, but he's too busy (and comfortable) parroting theofascist propaganda/fake news to care or bother.

They must practice hours on end to say these things with a straight face.

With Welker they know the questions days ahead of time and they also know there is nothing behind the questions but a "stern and demanding face with maybe a wagging finger thrown in." They can respond with any nonsense knowing Welker will just move on.

He suffers from #selectiveignorance.

He’s spent way too much time in DC.

There was a documentary made by Vice called "Steel Town Down" about the drug crisis in the Northern Ontario steel town I call home. During the documentary, our mayor is confronted by stats and gives a similar answer to this. Killed his political career, because ignorance is never a cute look.

Ignorance wins here, unfortunately. Knowing things gets you bullied like the brainy fifth grader you and I once were. I am assuming this about you; 100% true about me. The smug kids HATED people who knew things. Who knew that they’d become out ruling class 50 years later.

Your assumption is totally correct. I spent most of my teenage years trying to appear as dumb as possible, because being a hot body with a smart person attached made life worse on all fronts. If I pretended to be dumb, I was just groped instead of being groped and ridiculed...

...and now the idiots who peaked in high school are in charge. Yippee.

Langford gets his news from Fox News where crime on happens in blue cities and states

What do you expect from Sen. Lankford when he looks like an evil Nazi official sent over from central casting?

😲😮

He's just glad the overall focus isn't on his withering state.

To be fair, OK seems a craphole.

Oklahoma hot tub and barbeque...

It has the most roadside litter of any state in the Union. The trash is appalling and there's a lot of blackened teaspoons with bent handles every mile...

And also has this … person… as a Senator.

'Ok..lahoma where the wind goes whistling through their brains...'

We even have a worse goofball as our junior senator. {sigh}

And unfortunately our other senator is Mark Wayne. Just don’t judge the whole state by our idiot politicians.

I know. NJ has more than its fair share of morons 😎

Betcha he and Rafael both know the crime rates of Cancun though.

No wonder Oklahoma ranks at the bottom for everything except domestic violence and women incarceration.

I’d be totally unsurprised that it’s true for OK!! The Massacre of Black Wall Street by low IQ jealous whites! The impregnating of a child by her Stepfather, her another & he making her give birth at home at age 11!! ( most children that age must have a C-section because their bodies are so small)!

Newsom put out this stat. It's accurate.

I would bet the senator knows it's the truth, but he needs to keep up appearances for the MAGA morons, because they "CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!" *end Jack Nicholson impression*

That dude looks straight out of a serial killer movie. Disturbing.

watched Tiger King, set in OK. Lived in OK. Literally was there when they outlawed cockfighting only by 2 counties (Ok City & Tulsa) while rest of counties voted for it. Only other state with cockfighting West Virginia. Like really, if ONLY state that purports this is good idea is West Virginia….

Correction, Louisiana last state to ban cockfighting but otherwise, the point is made.

Dereliction of duty if he doesn't!!!

I expect he does know it. Or has gone out of his way to avoid knowing.

Yes. And he avoids knowing it because most of the victims of that startling crime rate are indigenous. And all his white voters want them dead anyway.

He probably does

He surely does, but his base doesn't, and that's what's important.

The per capita confused them

Yes. It's amazing the follow up is never asked: Isn't it your job to know?

Typical ignorant showing of a Republican Senator.

"Don't bother me with facts. I have beliefs."

He's more concerned about the #maga agenda then caring for the people of Oklahoma.

George he does know..he playing dumb..no..actually he's not playing..HE IS DUMB

But it is, Senator. It is an accurate statistic.

Fuck you Skankford!

This is their playbook. They say something like "I haven't heard that being reported" or they cast doubt on the statistics and the journalist lets it die right there. Every single time.

I don’t understand why the journalist never interrupts to be like “I have the report right here.” Print it out, bring it to the studio. You know they’re going to cast doubt on facts they don’t like. Be ready to hold it up and be like “here, look at this graph”

mehdirhasan@bsky.social pushes back very hard against these tactics. We need journalists to be more like him.

Many people say that can’t be accurate. After all we are MORAL VALUES HEARTLAND

All he wants to know about his state is who will pony up the best bribes. 🙄

Psst: The term that repooblicans don't understand is "per capita." A city of one million with a total murder count of 50 (1 murder per 20,000 people) is safer than a city of 100,000 with a total murder count of 10 (1 murder per 10,000 people). 🤔 [==*==] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Okla. ranks #1 on least educated people in the US.

This statistic is correct for the latest information I can get. Oklahoma's homicide rate is almost twice what it is for New York, per capita. However, we have less people living here. I personally wouldn't bet on Senator Langford's knowledge of Oklahoma at all. He's been in office far too long.

He’s only interested in what sort of dirt Elon has on him.

He knows. He just prefers to lie.

Homicide rate per 100,000 2024 per FBI NY 4.8 CA 6.4 OK 8.9 Highest Homicide STATES MS 23.7 LA 21.3 AL 15.9 NM 15.3 MO 12.4 SC 13.4 MD 12.2 TN 12.2 GA 11.4 AK 11.7 Highest Homicide CITIES St Louis 52.9 Memphis 38 Baltimore 35.6 NOLA 34.1 Detroit 32.1 Cleveland Kansas City DC Atlanta Milwaukee

Thank you

Tell Sen Lankford know the per capuita homicide in NY state & California, 24 hour phone number, 365 days/yr (202)224-3121. Ask for Sen Lankford then leave short VM. His staff has to take messages, log &!add info, then clear phones. I request FOR EVERYTHING, “please let the Sen know”. They have to.

Great idea!

Well covered data. Thank you. I had 4.3 for CA in 2024. That’s the only noticeable difference l saw. Senator Lankford - ALL Senators & Congressmen - should know their own state per capita data when Trump is sending fed troops into cities for …”high. Crime”. Oklahoma is almost 2x NY state!

Piling in Nat’l Guard could make sense if there was a sudden gang turf war. But does ZERO for the conditions that lead to crime: poverty, no opportunity, awful schools, no healthy activities nearby, drugs, alcohol, guns. Many federal agencies could help. Trump’s only invading for the Midterms.

Seriously Mr Lankford? Head in the sand.

It's a characteristic of red state Republican politicians. They revel in their ignorance. They laugh at facts because those facts don't comport with their mistaken beliefs. See for reference: Oklahoma's governor. They're all idiots. And idiots keep electing them.

He's a Republican and a Baptist Minister. He's not interested in mundane things like that!

Donald Trump has long talked about "enemy states" and now he is doing what we ALL knew he would do to us. Crime, anti-semitism, transgendered athletes - it's all a ruse to punish and occupy the states he hates. And then you have Dems in Chicago saying maybe it's a good thing!

I know it is right, but like Trump he will claim that someone cheated on the figures.

So crime is so unimportant a Republican senator doesn't know the murder rate in his state?