Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), in response to President Trump’s then-upcoming second impeachment trial:
Mr. Lee, appearing on Fox News, was asked if he thought Mr. Trump’s speech was “different” from comments made by Democrats encouraging their backers to confront Republicans, as the show’s hosts played video clips of Democrats including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.
“Look, it is not different,” Mr. Lee said, hours before Mr. Trump’s second impeachment trial began in the Senate.
“Look, everyone makes mistakes, everyone is entitled to a mulligan once in a while,” he said. “And I would hope — I would expect that each of those individuals would take a mulligan on each of those statements.”
The New York Times then had the gall to point out an inconvenient fact:
None of the Democrats’ statements aired by Fox resulted in violence.
A mulligan? Only amateurs take mulligans, Senator Lee, and there should not be any amateurs occupying positions of national responsibility?
