Lee made his comments on Tuesday in a column posted by Fox News. are registered trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Newsmax TV, and Newsmax World are trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP). The Constitution gives the Senate the sole power to set its own rules. Fox News' Gregg Re contributed to this report. Lee has self quarantined after the announcement that his Senate colleague and friend Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
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. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Mike Lee answers questions at a town hall in Draper on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020... (Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Sen. Mike Lee answers questions at a town hall in Draper on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Among other topics, Lee attacked the proposed Equal Rights Amendment when he was asked if he would vote to remove deadlines for its ratification as the House recently did. “I didn’t expect him to be the least warlike president in my lifetime, and yet he is,” Lee said. “Everyone is watching, including children.”. Lawyers for Michael Flynn, former national security adviser for President Donald Trump, will return to court on Tuesday . '", "The authors of the Constitution knew impeachment — for good or ill — was an inherently political act," he said. ", "Nancy Pelosi is doing this because she's scared to death," Lee added. "James Wilson, one of the nation's first Supreme Court justices and one of the principal architects of the Constitution, described impeachment as 'confined to political characters, to political crimes and misdemeanors, and to political punishments.'. “It was really really interesting. McConnell, speaking after a meeting Thursday with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Democratic leader had insisted on "departing from the unanimous bipartisan precedent that 100 senators approved before the beginning of President [Bill] Clinton's trial" concerning logistics. Dutton also blamed the partisan divide in Washington largely on uncompromising stands by Lee and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz that helped lead to a government shutdown. “I disagree with the Equal Right Amendment,” and even with its name, he said, adding that it is an Orwellian mischaracterization of what it would do. All rights reserved. “It doesn’t help saying there is a deep state conspiracy out there [which Lee has blamed for the impeachment]. Keep discussions on topic, avoid personal attacks and threats of any kind. About half of the divided crowd also cheered that. "They realize, in an effort to ram this thing through, they did a shoddy job of putting it together. "This thing is a gigantic hobgoblin for her. Half the crowd cheered. American. Lee also defended breaking with most other Republicans to restrict Trump’s ability to wage war with Iran. Alas, if they can figure that out, they can explain.". About 200 people packed into the Draper City Council chambers — and many who didn’t fit listened down the hall — for Lee’s hourlong town hall. Lee told Fox News' "Hannity" that Pelosi's reticence to send the adopted impeachment articles to the Senate shows she isn't confident in her own case. "It lands with a thud," he said. Schumer had requested a "special pre-trial guarantee of certain witnesses whom the House Democrats, themselves, did not bother to pursue as they assemble their case," McConnell said. Draper • For 40 minutes, no one at Sen. Mike Lee’s first town hall meeting in Salt Lake County since impeachment mentioned his vote to acquit.