Unmasked Mike Lee Makes Ironic Case For Government Protecting Life

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kav... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was called back to testify about claims by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Andrew Harnik - Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) offered an ironic remark Tuesday in the abortion rights debate that has surfaced amid Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing, as some Democrats fear she is likely to challenge the Roe v. Wade decision.

Life is valuable. That is not a religious statement,” Lee said, appearing to defend Barrett’s conservative values, adding: “a purpose of government is to protect life.”

The comments ca,e after Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) had pressed Barrett on whether or not she believed the landmark Roe v. Wade case was correctly decided.

Lee was one of three GOP senators who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in recent weeks, yet he was not wearing a mask during Tuesday’s hearing. His refusal to wear a mask undercuts the wisdom of public health experts who have encouraged mask-wearing to protect lives, citing evidence that the practice helps curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has now killed roughly 215,000 people in the United States.

Amid questions about the safety of his presence in person at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing for Barrett, Lee said on Monday that an attending physician for Congress had cleared him as “no longer contagious.”

Lee had announced a positive test for coronavirus just 10 days prior to the first day of the hearing on Monday after attending a ceremony nominating the Trump Supreme Court pick at the White House on Sept. 26.  The event, where few wore masks and several attendees later tested positive for the virus, has since been labeled a “super-spreader event” by public health experts.

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  1. Fuck Mike Lee and the racist theocracy he rode in on. These people need to be brought low and subjugated by any means necessary. NMNQ

  2. Shorter Anti-Masker:

    “Government has NO RIGHT to dictate my health choices! Now, let’s get back to overturning Roe…”

  3. When is the earliest we can start sending either individual Republicans, the Trump 2020 campaign, or the RNC our bills for therapy?
    I just want to scream at Lee, “Hey Mikey if you don’t want an abortion don’t have one. If you don’t want your wife to have an abortion then it’s up to her and her doctor, not you.”
    After reading MI Sen. Peter’s story I also want Mikey to state how many men have died in child birth, how many men died due to a complicated pregnancy, and how many men are will to have a law restricting their

  4. I missed it. Did Lee sing the whole song or just a chorus?

  5. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    Shorter Mike Lee: I have no qualms about risking giving an agonising death to my friends but do take seriously my crocodile tears about the possibility of pain in early fetuses.

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