Joe.My.God. LGBT News
The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
Monday’s FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s home and office at Mar-a-Lago has gone chiefly without comment by Utah’s members of Congress. However, two of Trump’s most ardent supporters, Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart, have sharply criticized the move.
Lee’s criticism is curious because, as of Tuesday afternoon, his official social media channels were silent on the raid. His congressional and campaign Twitter accounts do not address the FBI raid, nor do his congressional and campaign Facebook pages. Lee’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
Lee’s personal Facebook page links to a Twitter thread from a Twitter account — “Based Mike Lee” — that was created in July. The thread was posted late Monday evening and asked several questions Lee has as a “former federal prosecutor, and current member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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As I’ve previously noted, “based” is a far-right term meaning to carrying oneself with swagger, unconcerned with the feelings or needs of others.
The term was popularized by the notorious and violent extremist Kyle Chapman, who calls himself “Based Stickman” after he was arrested at a 2017 Trump rally for beating a protester with a wooden club. Chapman was subsequently charged with several felonies.
I’m feeling great, thanks. I’d be worried if I had celebrated what could turn out to be a breathtaking abuse of power by the FBI for political purposes. https://t.co/pB7ofIWU3n
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 9, 2022
Some people can’t see the fourth and eleventh entries in my twelve-point thread from last night (regarding the raid at Mar a Lago). This aggregates all of them: https://t.co/7qriHWB7nu
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) August 9, 2022