Congressional Cowards is a weekly sequence highlighting the cowards on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize Donald Trump or their very own occasion—irrespective of how disgraceful or lawless their actions.
Republicans are refusing to name out GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah for his disgusting tweets mocking the assassination of Minnesota Home Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and spreading lies in regards to the alleged killer, who had an inventory of quite a few different Democratic officers and abortion suppliers.
Quite than particularly condemn Lee’s tweets—by which he falsely said that the alleged killer, MAGA loyalist Vance Boelter, was a leftist—quite a few Republicans have as a substitute tried to “both sides” the difficulty, saying that each political events want to show down the rhetoric.
“The rhetoric that continues to come from both sides is what steams and stirs the fire,” GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma advised Politico.
Lee has since deleted his tweets after being confronted by Democratic Sens. Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar, each of Minnesota.
In the meantime, GOP Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota additionally refused to personally name out Lee.
“I’m at a little bit of a loss because I don’t know what Senator Lee said, but I can share with you that a vast majority of us feel terrible about the fact that these lawmakers lost their lives,” he advised Politico, utilizing the tried-and-true Republican tactic of avoiding criticizing their very own occasion by claiming to not have seen their abhorrent conduct.
And, after all, Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama made the dumbest remark of all, saying that there’s “an excessive amount of rhetoric” and nothing might be finished to cease it.
“You can talk about it all you want, but it’s never going to happen,” Tuberville advised Politico. “I’ve been in sports all my life. Everybody is competitive. They’re always going to push back. Nobody is going to give up.”
Lee has not publicly apologized, and when reporters tried to ask him why he would put up one thing so terrible, he ran away.
Cowards.
