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Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
U.S. Senator for Utah
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Sep 12 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 1. This will be the first time Senate Republicans have elected a new leader in nearly 18 years. We should have the chance to meet as a conference following the general election in November and—after hearing each candidate’s pitch—choose our next leader. 2. That’s not too much to ask, especially when we’re electing our next leader.
Sep 9 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵1. I first heard the name “Russell M. Nelson” in the summer of 1978, when my parents told me about the world-class, Utah-based surgeon who—in an unusual coincidence—would perform open-heart surgery on both of my maternal grandparents, Ben and Marian Griffin, on the same day. 2. I vividly remember, as a seven-year-old child, praying for Dr. Nelson, whom I had never met. I was very close to my grandparents—who had just returned from an assignment for @Ch_JesusChrist in Spain—and wanted them to live for a long time.
Sep 5 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 1. The Constitution’s first provision says that the power to make federal law rests solely with Congress, whose members are all elected.

But most federal laws today are made not by Congress, but by unelected bureaucrats.

That’s wrong.

Fortunately, there’s a way to fix it. 2. Enter the **REINS Act**. This legislation aims to restore the balance of power by requiring Congress to approve and enact any new “major rule” regulation—that is, a regulation with significant economic impact ($100M+)— before it can become legally binding.
Aug 26 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 1. The U.S. government should *never* be allowed—either directly or by funneling resources through a third party—to support clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence public opinion among U.S. citizens. 2. If the government identifies a need to communicate a particular message—like “don’t start forest fires”—it should always be accompanied by a disclaimer like this one: “this message was prepared and communicated with the support of the U.S. government.”

Americans should know.
Aug 23 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵1. Your First Amendment rights shouldn’t depend on whether you own a media company.

The government aggressively regulates individuals when they support a candidate.

Why should media companies get a free pass?

In fairness, government shouldn’t regulate either in this context. 2. The government shouldn’t regulate either citizens or media companies in the way they choose to support their preferred candidates, but it’s unfair, constitutionally indefensible, and likely to favor one party over the other to regulate individuals but not media companies.
Aug 22 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 1. Speaking, writing, publishing, and broadcasting about politics is core political speech, entitled to the highest degree of protection under the First Amendment.

Sadly, how much freedom you have to do those things—free of government control —can depend on who you are. 2. If you own a newspaper or broadcasting company, you can say, write, publish, or broadcast whatever you want—helping or hurting any candidate you choose—and the government will leave you alone.

This is as it should be.

We don’t want government influencing such things!
Aug 21 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 1. Kamala’s proposed tax on unrealized capital gains would be unwise, harmful, and unconstitutional. It’d be a direct tax which, under the Constitution, must be apportioned among the states based on population. 2. Any apportionment requirement would make such a tax essentially impossible to implement. Such a requirement would essentially force states with zero billionaires to contribute revenue from this tax, which isn’t possible if no one there has unrealized gains.
Aug 20 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 1. Would you want the U.S. government controlling 70% of the land in your state? If you’re tempted to say “yes,” stop and consider what this arrangement does to Utah. 2. Not only does this arrangement put Utah’s economy in the hands of unelected bureaucrats nearly 2,000 miles away from our state, but it stunts economic growth and leads to poor decision-making—which itself leads to neglect of the land and (in many cases) environmental disaster.
Aug 15 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 1. Government-imposed price controls create scarcity and a vicious cycle of poverty and dependence on government. So naturally, Kamala Harris likes them. Image 2. Prices are high because government spends too much money, printing more money to cover shortfalls. But printing more money reduces the purchasing power of every dollar.
Aug 13 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 1. The American people can’t pretend the European Union’s attempt to extort @elonmusk yesterday—threatening to punish him unless he canceled his plan to interview @realDonaldTrump on X—didn’t threaten to fundamentally change our relationship with longstanding European allies. 2. Fully 22 of the 27 countries that belong to the European Union also belong to NATO, meaning that they benefit from the U.S. security umbrella, and from our obligation under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to defend them if they’re attacked.
Aug 12 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
How did Joe Biden manage to outsource censorship of @elonmusk to the European Union for purposes relevant to the U.S. presidential race? The EU needs to be called out on this.
Aug 10 • 25 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 1. A Kamala Harris administration would be an unmitigated disaster for religious freedom.

deseret.com/faith/2024/08/… 2. While serving in the U.S. Senate, Kamala Harris supported the Do No Harm Act, “a bill that would limit the application of federal religious freedom protections.” Sh insisted the bill was necessary “to prevent people from using those protections as a license to discriminate.”
Aug 5 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’ve been concerned about Google’s anticompetitive conduct since 2012. Today’s decision is a great development in stopping this monopoly. Next, I urge the Senate to pass my bipartisan AMERICA Act to solve the anticompetitive issues in digital ads.
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Here’s my opening statement from my first Google hearing in 2011:


2/lee.senate.gov/2011/9/senator…
Aug 5 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
When Joe Biden talks about Supreme Court “reform,” he means something rather different than that.
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apple.news/AMxJ75AbpRqi-Z… He wants a constitutional amendment to make it easier for him to imprison Donald Trump, his political enemy.
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Aug 2 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Why did Secret Service (through Acting Director Rowe) decide to *not* send sniper teams to Trump rallies outside of the DC area?

That decision was reversed at the last minute for Butler, but it was reversed so late that the snipers arrived too late for their briefing.
🧵 1/ Did Secret Service apply a similar rule for Biden campaign rallies?

Of course not!

That’d be absurd.

But it was absurd to do that to Trump!

It also sends a signal, where campaign events are concerned, of helping one candidate—at campaign events—more than the other.

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Aug 1 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
3 1/2 minutes pre-shooting, Crooks was seen on the roof.

30 seconds pre-shooting, Secret Service learned the observed man was armed & lying down on the roof.

After every other error they made that day, they still had time to remove Trump from the stage.

And yet … nah.

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Image What excuse could Secret Service have for not removing Trump from the stage after learning of these crucial facts signaling grave danger?

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Jul 31 • 24 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 Under the Constitution, only Congress may make federal law.
1/ The executive branch’s role is different—its job is to implement and enforce laws made by Congress.
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Jul 29 • 34 tweets • 5 min read
To those who didn’t love the opening ceremonies at the Olympics, it’s important to know who created them & why.

The artistic director for the 2024 Olympics is French artist Thomas Jolly.

While we know little about him, we know what we produced.

Many of us wonder why.

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Image Jolly has been widely quoted as saying he wanted “everyone to feel represented” in the show he produced for the opening ceremonies.

So apparently his objectives focused on inclusion and unity.

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Jul 28 • 34 tweets • 5 min read
To those who didn’t love the opening ceremonies at the Olympics, it’s important to know who created them & why.

The artistic director for the 2024 Olympics is French artist Thomas Jolly.

While we know little about him, we know what we produced.

Many of us wonder why.

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Image Jolly has been widely quoted as saying he wanted “everyone to feel represented” in the show he produced for the opening ceremonies.

So apparently his objectives focused on inclusion and unity.

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Jul 26 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Political parties are private associations

As such, they have associational rights, protected by the First Amendment

Parties have the right to govern themselves and select candidates without interference from the government

🧵 1/ Utah’s SB54 undermines the associational rights of political parties—by dictating the process by which parties nominate candidates

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Jul 25 • 37 tweets • 5 min read
This is one of 1,000 reasons why Congress must stop delegating lawmaking authority to unelected bureaucrats

We have Congress to make laws—not other lawmakers

Congress must pass the REINS Act to require all federal laws to be enacted by Congress In his excellent dissent, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr makes the point that these proposed regulations are part of the Democratic National Committee’s effort “to change the rules of the road in the run-up to the 2024 election” “by calling on the administrative state to impose new controls on political speech before voters hit the ballot boxes this fall.”

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