If Mike Lee’s father isn’t rolling over in his grave, it’s because he’s too shocked to even move. How disappointed must Rex Lee, the renowned jurist and pillar of integrity, be in his very bright but wrongheaded son.
How unfortunate that Mike Lee could have used his keen intellect and fine heritage to become as true a statesman as his father, who served as solicitor general, founder of BYU law school, and then its president. But ambition blinded Mike Lee and turned him into an ideologue and sycophant to Donald Trump. Now, he’ll say anything to get himself reelected.
Remember when candidate Trump sickened us with his vulgar bragging about how women love his lewd fondling and how he could shoot someone in the street and no one would care? And remember how Mike Lee at first vilified Trump, calling him unfit to be president?
Then, once Trump was in office, who became one of his most ardent enablers? Mike Lee’s own texts and his consistent comments have either praised, justified, or supported Trump, including the Big Lie of election fraud.
Rex Lee is among my heroes, because of what he stood for and the good he did. Sadly, his son has accomplished almost nothing in his twelve years in the Senate except to block legislation that would have helped the environment, health care, support Ukraine, and many other worthy causes. And now, to shame his father’s good name, Mike has stooped to desperately lying about his own words, his record, and his opponent, in some of the most vicious, deceptive, and sleazy ads allowed on TV.
Giles Florence, Salt Lake City
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