Mike Lee Defends Trump’s Comments Ahead of Impeachment Trial: ‘Everyone’s Entitled to a Mulligan’
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is arguing that Democrats and Republicans alike make inflammatory comments every once in a while and that when they do, they should get a “mulligan.” His comments come as the Senate began its…
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is arguing that Democrats and Republicans alike make inflammatory comments every once in a while and that when they do, they should get a “mulligan.”
His comments come as the Senate began its Impeachment trial to determine whether or not to convict former President Donald Trump on the charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
Democrats have pointed to Trump’s unfounded claims that there was widespread fraud in the election that swung the results, and his comments at a rally before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol to support their charge.
During an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, Lee reacted to a 2018 clip of Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urging a crowd to “get up in the face of some Congresspeople.”
Co-host Dana Perino said Democrats argue that Booker’s comments are different than those made by Trump at a rally before demonstrators stormed the Capitol.
“It’s not different. These are outgrowths of the same natural impulse that exist from time to time among anyone in this business,” Lee said.
He added, “Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone’s entitled to a mulligan once in awhile. And I would hope, I would expect, that each of those individuals would take a mulligan on each of those statements. Because in each instance, they’re making it deeply personal, they’re ceasing to make it about policy, and instead, they’re talking about getting up in people’s faces and making individuals feel perfectly uncomfortable.”