Why one GOP senator wants to block Ben & Jerry's in his state

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Why one GOP senator wants to block Ben & Jerry's in his state
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.MaddowBlog: Sen. Lankford's efforts to ban Ben & Jerry's from his state is a reminder that Republican primaries can do funny things to incumbents.

added, Oklahoma did approve a measure two years ago that declared that"the state, and those companies that do business by and through the state, in the interest of the state's economic policy, should not boycott trade with Israel."

Similarly, it's striking to see GOP officials celebrate"free markets" as a core tenet of Republican thought, only to have a sitting U.S. senator use his position to demand a statewide boycott of an ice cream company after it made a licensing decision the senator didn't like in a foreign country.

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