In a span of less than one year, Mike Lee voted against:

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

The Bipartisan CHIPs Act
#UTSen
The Infrastructure Bill invested in America’s decaying highways, bridges broadband, ports and other critical infrastructure.

Lee voted against it.
The Safer Communities Act will make it harder for the dangerously mentally ill to get firearms but doesn’t ban any types of guns or inhibit the Second Amendment rights of any law abiding citizen.

Lee voted against it.
The CHIPs act will bring the manufacturing of microchips, essential in almost everything we buy, including cars, back to America, which can eventually lower costs and simplify supply chains.

Lee voted against it.
Here’s the thing. Most of the 50 current Republican U.S. Senators voted for at least one of these bills.

Only 21 of them voted against all three major bipartisan pieces of legislation. This includes Mike Lee along with Ron Johnson, Tim Scott and Marco Rubio.

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Oct 19
Question from latest Economist/YouGov Poll:
"How likely is it that you will vote in the 2022 congressional elections in November?

% of each group answering "Definitely will vote":
Men - 50%
Women - 52%

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Question from latest Economist/YouGov Poll:
"How likely is it that you will vote in the 2022 congressional elections in November?

% of each group answering "Definitely will vote" (continued):
White Adults - 57%
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"How likely is it that you will vote in the 2022 congressional elections in November?

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Oct 18
Speaking generally here …

Is it possible for the parent of a biracial child to be racist?

Well, George Wallace had one. As did quite a number of outspoken segregationists. It was relatively commonplace.
Also, is it possible for someone to say things that are racially inflammatory simply for the purpose of getting elected even if they weren’t anywhere as racist as people thought they were?

Yes. George Wallace pandered to racists but wasn’t a huge one in private.
For as long as America has existed there have been people who have, for various reasons, compartmentalized their complex feelings on race.
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Here are some recent domestic terrorist attacks whose perpetrators cited the racist "Great Replacement Theory" as part of their motivation.:

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Here are a couple of other problems with this Great Replacement Theory racist nonsense:

Non-citizens cannot vote in Federal elections (or in most elections at any level, almost everywhere, except for a handful of municipalities).
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- Be a permanent resident (have a green card) for 5 years.
- Be able to read, write and speak English.
- Have a basic understanding of US history and civics.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the US Constitution.

You have to do this to become a Naturalized Citizen.
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Even among people who aren’t on our so-called “team,” whatever that is, even the rest of us agree on more than we think we do. We’re not different species.
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Want your family to be safe? Yep. Everybody does.
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Less than half of Americans know that every state has two U.S. Senators.

Only 23% of millennials could name their state’s Senators.
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“Did Not Vote” was the runner-up.
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