Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), in response to President Trump’s then-upcoming second impeachment trial:<\/p>\n
\nMr. Lee,\u00a0appearing on Fox News<\/a>, was asked if he thought Mr. Trump\u2019s speech was \u201cdifferent\u201d from comments made by Democrats encouraging their backers to confront Republicans, as the show\u2019s hosts played video clips of Democrats including Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, it is not different,\u201d Mr. Lee said, hours before Mr. Trump\u2019s second impeachment trial began in the Senate.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, everyone makes mistakes, everyone is entitled to a mulligan once in a while,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I would hope \u2014 I would expect that each of those individuals would take a mulligan on each of those statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The New York Times<\/strong><\/em> then had the gall<\/a> to point out an inconvenient fact:<\/p>\n
None of the Democrats\u2019 statements aired by Fox resulted in violence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A mulligan? Only amateurs take mulligans, Senator Lee, and there should not be any amateurs occupying positions of national responsibility?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), in response to President Trump’s then-upcoming second impeachment trial: Mr. Lee,\u00a0appearing on Fox News, was asked if he thought Mr. Trump\u2019s speech was \u201cdifferent\u201d from comments made by Democrats encouraging their backers to confront Republicans, as the show\u2019s hosts played video clips of Democrats including Speaker \u2026 Continue reading