Mike Lee Wrote Something for His Local Paper

 

It's not very long and it seems to be a campaign bio written in the third person, which is very nice, but couldn't he find someone else to put their byline under it? (Anyone?)

Mike Lee serves as a United States senator representing the state of Utah. Since taking office, Senator Lee has earned a reputation as a principled conservative. He believes elected officials are responsible for keeping the federal government within its constitutionally limited role.

His respect for the Constitution was instilled early in life by watching his father, Rex E. Lee, argue before the Supreme Court as President Reagan’s Solicitor General. Attending those arguments gave him an up-close understanding of the federal government’s proper role.

It's very nice. It doesn't really explain why he wanted to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, but "something, something, constitution: something, something, limited government." 

Ta-da!  

UPDATE: Mike Lee did indeed whip out his Constitution during his debate with Evan McMullin:

Mike Lee, the Constitution is not a prop. #UTSenDebate pic.twitter.com/xNgCwmLYJP

— Evan McMullin 🇺🇸 (@EvanMcMullin) October 18, 2022

Which in his hands feels about as valid as Herschel Walker's honorary lawman badge. He defended his part in the 1/6 events with what I call "just the tip insurrectionism" claiming he only did what was constitutionally necessary. Feh. He wanted to support the Republican presidential candidate at the expense of democracy, because he doesn't understand that a republic only exists because of democracy-the consent of the governed: including the 81 million that voted for Joe Biden. I consider every equivocator who answers the question "Who won the 2020 election?" with "Joe Biden is president", without admitting he won, a goddamn poltroon.  

The man showed himself in the debate.  That should be enough for the voters if they only looked. 

UPDATE: Oh heck, they changed the byline to "Campaign for Mike Lee", which I guess is a little less like a kid doing an essay on "Who do you admire most?" and picking themselves.  But the original byline remains in the memory of the internet.