Thread by @jedshug

My vote for Tweet of the year:
Leading Republican @SenMikeLee confesses that they don’t believe in democracy...

but some other values that reflect theocracy, plutocracy, and authoritarian order. Perfectly explains GOP efforts to support a coup.

Plus a chef’s kiss misspelling.

https://twitter.com/senmikelee/status/1314089207875371008

True story thread: I met Senator Lee when he and I won Harvard Federalist Society Awards (they honored my open-minded teaching, as a liberal prof open to conservative & libertarian ideas). I gave a talk about judicial independence and the importance of the rule of law... 1/

2/ I said the rule of law is not a Republican idea or a Democratic idea, but among the core ideas of republicanism and democracy, along w/ liberty and equality.
@SenMikeLee gets up & says something like, “Folks, we need more liberals like that. And more professors like that.”...

3/ As I recall, he changed his prepared remarks to talk about how, as a new member of the Senate Judiciary committee, he was fighting for judicial independence and the rule of law.

He seems to have integrity and a sincere commitment to good ideas.
We had a great talk afterward.

4/ I think I said to him, echoing his kind words to me, “We need more conservatives like you in Congress.”

I’m so naive.