Tulsa World Editorial Board

In repeated editorials, we have advocated for our politicians, particularly those in Congress who pass historic laws that affect us all, to schedule and show up at town halls for the public to attend.

Actually, we were pretty clear in saying not an email. Not a press release. Not an op-ed. Not a robocall. Not a Facebook video. Nothing virtual. No preselected questions from supporters. We want an in-person town hall in front of constituents. We argued that that’s the kind of access we deserve at this time with so much at stake.

We still believe that.

So when the Editorial Board sat down with Sen. James Lankford this past week, we asked him specifically about his lack of scheduling town halls.

“I used to do tons of town halls several years ago,” he told us. “

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