Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
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Name a fascist dictator whose agenda entailed limiting the size, cost, and power of government.
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đ§ľ1. Tonight I hosted & moderated a forum for GOP senators, giving my colleagues a chance to hear from each of the three candidates running to replace McConnell. After hearing from each candidate, Iâve decided to support Rick Scott. Here are my takeaways:.
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Which federal agency do you want to see dismantled first?.
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Thereâs a word for counting votes in late November:. Fraud.
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Is there any credible, non-suspicious explanation for Arizona and Nevada taking this long to count votes?.
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My bill, the America First Act, would stop illegal immigrants and other noncitizens from receiving federal welfare benefits . Do you support that idea?.
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The elephant is cool, but elephants donât live in America . Squirrels do!. Letâs immortalize Peanut the Squirrel. Letâs make him the official mascot of the GOP.đĽ đżď¸ .#ForPeanut
If Trump wins, the GOP should get rid of the elephant and adopt the squirrel as its symbol. #ForPeanut
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Democrats two months ago: âNoncitizens donât voteâor even *register* to vote.â. Democrats now: âWeâre suing states that try to remove noncitizens from voter rolls.â.
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Please share this post if youâd be more likely to eat at a restaurant chain that banned seed oils and used beef tallow instead.
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đ§ľ1. In a meeting today with @elonmusk, @vivekgramaswamy, & @speakerjohnson, Elon & Vivek referred to the fact that, because unelected bureaucrats now make most federal law & control much of our economy, weâve been stripped of the benefits of a constitutional republic.
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Who else would like once again to be able to buy ârealâ light bulbs, showerheads, and household appliancesâi.e., these products as they existed before federal bureaucrats ruined them by forcing manufacturers to comply with rigid energy- and water-efficiency standards?.
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We just voted 12 to 10 in the Judiciary Committee to advance the nomination of @PamBondi . The votes were taken in public and will be reported publicly. Congratulations, Pam!.
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Bank: ID. Airport: ID. Doctor: ID. Pharmacy: ID. School: ID. Gun Store: ID. Hunting: ID. Fishing: ID. Daycare: ID. Hospital: ID. Bar: ID. Workplace: ID. Voting: Nah.
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If Honduras doesnât want us there, we can move that base to Guatemala. And while weâre at it, no more aid to Hondurasâor to any other country that takes issue with our pressing need to deport illegal aliens.
đ¨ Breaking: Honduras warns of shutting down the U.S. military base on their territory if Trump deports its citizens. đđłđşđ¸. Thoughts?
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White House staff knew. His cabinet knew. The media knew. Yet they said nothing. Even worse, they ridiculed anyone who raised questions about his condition
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Free people arenât forced to pay for state-funded media. Stop making Americans fund leftist propaganda. Defund PBS & NPR.
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On a scale of one to ten (ten being the most), how important is it for Congress to pass the SAVE Act, and thus ensure that only U.S. citizens will vote in federal elections?.
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If DC is refusing to release pardoned J6 prisoners, should Congress repeal DC Home Ruleâputting Congress back in charge of our capital city, as the Constitution provides?.
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Weâre going to confirm @PeteHegseth!.
BREAKING: The New York Post reports that ALL Republican Senators are now supporting Pete Hegsethâs nomination for Secretary of Defense. Thoughts?
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Iâm troubled that I canât immediately rule out the suggestion that the U.S. blew up Nord Stream. I checked with a bunch of Senate colleagues. Among those Iâve asked, none were ever briefed on this. If it turns out to be true, weâve got a huge problem.
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If Mexican cartels target U.S. planes returning illegal immigrants, itâll be time for Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal.
đ¨Breaking: Mexican cartels are reportedly prepared to target U.S. planes returning illegal migrants. Is it time for the U.S. military to take on the cartels?
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Weâre a constitutional republic . Not a democracy . It matters.
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The @TulsiGabbard vote needs to be public. Her nomination isnât classified. The vote on her nomination shouldnât be treated as if it were.
Iâm told that the vote for Tulsi Gabbard might be done privately in a SCIF - with the vote tallies kept secret from the American people. This is outrageous and wrong. The American people deserve to know how THEIR Senators vote on Trumpâs nominees!.
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Americans donât vote in foreign elections . Noncitizens shouldnât vote in ours . We need the SAVE ACT â attached to the September spending bill â to stop that from happening . Share if you agree.
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Democrats insisted ânoncitizens donât voteâ. On that basis, they blocked the SAVE Act. Now that thousands of noncitizen voter files are being discovered in state after state, Democrats are trying to stop those states from removing noncitizens from their voter files. Infuriating.
BREAKING: DOJ said it is suing Alabama for trying to remove noncitizens from its voting lists.
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đ§ľđ¨ 1. Of all the deceptive sales techniques the U.S. government has used on the American people, one of themâthe Social Security Actâgets far too little attention. Buckle up because this is a wild ride.
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As a lawyer, former federal prosecutor, and current member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have a few questions about the FBIâs raid of Mar a Lago. First, did Attorney General Garland personally sign off on this action?.
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Liz, weâve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw thatâand nothing else. Itâs the other stuffâwhat you deliberately hid from usâthat we find so upsetting. Nice try. P.S. How many of these guys are feds? (As if youâd ever tell us).
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You know whatâs *not* leadership?. Writing a 1,500-page spending bill in secret, hiding it from most lawmakers until days before Christmas, giving them no chance to identify & fix serious problems with it, using threats to make colleagues vote for it, and justifying all of this
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Would you be happy with either Speaker Ramaswamy or Speaker Musk?.
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They wonât let us vote for anything . Unless we agree to fund everything . Legislative tyranny must end now.
We are literally being held hostage with this âCR.â Why was Helene and Milton funding not a stand alone vote? We can vote on post offices as stand alone votes but not disaster relief? đ¤Śđťââď¸.
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đ§ľđ¨ 1. Everyone should know the story of Roscoe Filburn, a farmer from Ohio who found himself in the crosshairs of one of the most absurd federal overreaches in history. Itâs a tale of government control over the most basic of American freedomsâgrowing your own wheat.
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How to Shrink the Bloated Federal Workforce:. 1. Make them work. 2. They will quit . 3. Donât replace them.
Mandate 5-day work weeks *in person.* Watch 25% of federal bureaucrats quit instantly.
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No, sir. The offenders here are those who write 1,500-page spending bills in secret & spring them on their colleagues days before Christmas with no time to debate or even read them. And then they accuse anyone who cries foul of trying to cause a government shutdown!.
Hard to imagine anything more heartless than shutting down the government and leaving disaster victims out in the cold just days before Christmas. Absolutely outrageous this is even a possibility.
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Who else is sick of Biden taking money from hardworking Americansâonly to send it half a world away?.
Biden pledges to send aid to Syria while Hurricane Helene victims are still homeless. America last.
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Today we witnessed the demise of a tyrannical cartelâknown as The Law Firm of Schumer, McConnell, Johnson & Jeffriesâ˘ď¸. May The Firmâ˘ď¸ and its despotic ways never return to power.
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Liz Cheney called me a ânutball conspiracy theoristâ for asking questions about FBIâs involvement on January 6th. The DOJ Inspector Generalâs report confirmed that I had good reasons to ask these questions, which Christopher Wray repeatedly dodged.
Hey @BasedMikeLee - heads up. A nutball conspiracy theorist appears to be posting from your account.
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These are literally the words of a fascist.
WATCH: Rachel Maddow says the government will pull all of @elonmuskâs contracts for supporting Trump.
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Stop noncitizens from voting. Pass the SAVE Act. Attach it to the spending bill in September.
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I met the most interesting guy. He grew up in South Africa. Heâs now an American hero
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Heck yeah!. @PeteHegseth is the man for the job. Iâm honored to have voted for him. We just confirmed him as the next defense secretary
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Only a small handful of states have more than 10% of its votes outstanding. Nearly 40% of Utahâs votes remain uncounted, and only California has more. Utah should revisit the wisdom and practicality of universal mail-in voting, which necessarily entails a multi-day process for.
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CNN needs to apologize for this. Inexcusable.
CNN is suggesting that Elon did a Nazi salute during his speech at the Capital One Arena. He was literally motioning "my heart goes out to you.". This is why no one trusts the fake media.
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Should Congress defund Planned Parenthood?.
We will defund Planned Parenthood.
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They assured us he was fit for office. They lied . Who was running the White House?.
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Iâm willing to personally escort @DaveMcCormickPA into the Capitol for new-senator orientation. Iâd like to see how theyâd keep him out if he literally walked into âthe room where it happensâ.
Time to stop asking. DO. Bring him anyway. Make Schumer deny him entry, and even better, order his arrest.
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Separate the bills . Vote on them individually. Revolutionary!.
This isnât complicated. Separate the bills and vote on them individually. one vote on the clean CR . one vote on the debt limit . one vote on disaster relief. one vote on farm bailouts. Radical right? Individual bills for each issue.
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Please share if you agree that Brazil should face consequences for seizing American assets and shutting down X â all to suppress free speech.
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Counting ballots just isnât that hard. Neither is showing up to vote on Election Day. Letâs go back to paper ballots. And everyone voting on the same day. Whoâs in?.
We should eliminate electronic voting machines. The risk of being hacked by humans or AI, while small, is still too high.
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@elonmusk In any event, if illegal votes from noncitizens push Democrats over the top in this election, theyâll nuke the filibuster next year and pass the legislation that strips states of their authority over elections anyway. Now is the time to stand and fight this. Not later.
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Is DC ignoring Trumpâs pardons?. If this is, then itâs *definitely* time to repeal DC Home Rule . DCâs government has no right to exist constitutionally. Congress shouldnât have delegated its lawmaking authority over DC. Time to take it back. See Article I, Section 8, Clause 17.
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These bastards lied to me, to other senators, and to America about the Hunter Biden issues in 2020. Careers and security clearances should end over this.
BREAKING: IRS Whistleblowers Involved in Hunter Biden Tax Case Reveal IRS, DOJ, and FBI Knew Laptop âWas Realâ Immediately; Claim Prosecutors Demanded They Not Ask Questions About Joe Biden Ahead of 2020 Election. âThere were a lot of overt investigative steps that we were not
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This exchange is the perfect example of why Donald Trump started using the term âfake newsâ nearly a decade ago. Watch Kristen Welker. Sheâs not delivering news. No, sheâs an advocate for Kamala Harris. This is so commonplace that we donât notice it.
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Which Trump declassification files are you most excited to see?. AâJFK assassination files . BâUFOs . CâWhat happened when Jeffrey Epstein didnât kill himself. DâOrigins of COVID. EâSomething else (please specify in the comments).
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Itâd sure be helpful if Republicans stood together to confirm Trumpâs cabinet . Dems do that. Why canât we?.
By day three, the Obama Admin had 12 nominees confirmed, but itâs now four days into Pres. Trumpâs term, & Democrats have only allowed one cabinet nominee to get a vote. Democrats clearly want to undermine the American people & Trumpâs agenda by stalling his nominees. We canât.
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𧾠1/ What Are Letters Of Marque And Reprisal And How Could They Be Used To Weaken Drug Cartels? đ¨
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Yes, itâs already illegal for noncitizens to vote. Itâs also already illegal to sell alcohol to minors. And yet we require people buying alcohol to prove theyâre at least 21. Why shouldnât the same logic apply to requiring voters to prove theyâre citizens?. #PassTheSAVEAct.
@BasedMikeLee Itâs already illegal for noncitizens to vote in our Federal Elections. Itâs been that way for over 100 years.
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If Mexico is sending hundreds of lawyers to help illegal aliens remain in the U.S., why are we letting them in?.
BREAKING: Mexican government is sending hundreds of lawyers to the U.S. to assist illegal migrants currently residing in the country.
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We should have a single Election Day with in-person, hard-copy voting. Please like and repost if you agree.
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Would you like to end the semi-annual time changes?.
Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time changes!.
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The Executive Branch should be under the direction of the president . Thatâs how the Constitution was designed . The Federal Reserve is one of many examples of how weâve deviated from the Constitution in that regard . Yet another reason why we should #EndTheFed
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When the state claims to own your kids. Itâs time to find a new state.
Gavin Newsom signed AB1955 today which bans schools from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender. Get your kids out of public schools.
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We need federal legislation . Requiring an ID . To vote in federal elections.
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Earlier today, a reporter standing outside the Senate chamber told me that, after four months of secrecy, The Firmâ˘ď¸ plans to release the text of the $106 billion supplemental aid / border-security packageâpossibly as soon as tomorrow. Wasting no time, she then asked, âif you.
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I just endorsed Donald Trump. Whether you like Trump or not, Americans face a binary choice. Biden refuses to enforce our border, prosecutes his opponents, & embraces policies that make life unaffordable for hardworking Americans. Iâll take the mean tweets. I choose Trump.
Sen. Mike Lee endorses Trump for President: "My favorite kinds of political promises are promises kept. Donald Trump has kept promises that he's made as he has campaigned in the past. I wholeheartedly endorse Donald J. Trump in his bid for the presidency in 2024."
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âWeâ didnât have a deal. Schumer, McConnell, Johnson & Jeffries had a deal. They didnât bother to share it with the other 531 members of Congress until yesterday . And that deal sucked.
We had a deal to avert a shutdown. Musk et al blew it up because it didn't help billionaires enough. They wrote a new bill to cut cancer treatment for kids and grease a new tax cut for the rich. That failed too - and now they're panicking because everyone is seeing the grift.
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If the government shuts down over the Democratsâ unholy obsession with noncitizen voting, thatâs on Chuck Schumer. Kudos to my friend @SenRickScott for making that clear today.
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Who else is annoyed with ABCâs one-sided fact checking?.
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If Bob Casey doesnât concede, Pennsylvania keeps counting illegal votes, & Casey relies on those votes to claim victory, the Senate could refuse to seat him. Article I, Sec. 5, Cl. 1: âEach House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Membersâ.
Bob Casey, youâre better than this!. Itâs time to concede now.
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Ever wonder why they use high-fructose corn syrup instead of cane sugar to make Cokeâ˘ď¸ in the U.S.âeven though they use cane sugar outside the U.S. & many consumers prefer it & many even pay a premium for imported Coke from Mexico?
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Arizona refuses to remove illegal aliens from voter-registration files. If this doesnât prove the need for Congress to pass the SAVE Act, I donât know what does.
@America1stLegal Arizona is refusing to remove illegals from voter rolls?.
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Our own government has been weaponized against us. We canât just rearrange the furniture and replace a few high-level personnel . Itâs time to dismantle and restructure things in a pretty fundamental way, always within whatâs permitted under the Constitution.
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He should fire the rest of TSA now.
JUST IN: Trump fires the head of the TSA.
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Why are lefties so into displaying the Ukrainian flag on Twitter?.
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Congress must pass the SAVE Act to stop noncitizens from voting in November . To do that, we must attach it to the spending bill. The House will be voting on the spending billâwith the SAVE Act attachedâon Wednesday . Share if you agreeâand tell your reps to #PassTheSAVEAct
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Tomorrow I will file by bill to #DefundTheUN. Please like and repost if youâd like to see that bill become law.
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Americans canât vote in Venezuelan elections. Venezuelans shouldnât vote in U.S. elections. Current law makes it easy for Venezuelansâand people from every other countryâto vote here. The SAVE Act would fix that. It must pass immediately. Like and share if you agree.
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Iâm so glad Bush 41 nominated Clarence Thomas . 33 years ago today .
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Itâs Monday nightâjust after 9:00 pm in Washingtonâand we still havenât seen the spending bill Congress is expected to pass in the next four days. This is inexcusable. Itâs wrong for a small handful of lawmakers to write such bills in secret & force votes with no time to debate.
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When Democrats tell you theyâll mess with the First Amendment if they win âŚ. Believe them
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This is not Americaâs war . Not another dime. No U.S. troops.
đ¨Report: France and the United Kingdom are considering sending troops to Ukraine.
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Raise your hand if youâd like to see this man pardoned.
A Salt Lake man who sold at least 120,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards during the pandemic was sentenced this week to a year in prison.
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The federal government is too big . And too expensive . Because itâs doing far too many things . It was never intended to do. Itâs time to send most of the power back . To the statesâwhere it rightfully belongs. Weâll prosper after we do that.
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Is it time to end foreign aid to Brazil?. Is it also time to fire State Department personnel who facilitated Brazilâs suppression of free speech?.
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Tom Homanâs a national treasure. We should all pray for him.
Praying for Tom Homan again.
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Youâre woefully unfit to choose Trumpâs defense secretary.
Pete Hegseth is woefully unfit and unqualified for the job of Secretary of Defense.
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They found out what happens when you mess up your state and then ask Trump to pay for it
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𧾠đ¨ Scandal Alert: a major political party in America thinks itâs okay to require American citizens to provide a REAL ID for interstate travel, while simultaneously exempting illegal aliens from the same requirement.
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The Biden administrationâs unelected bureaucrats added nearly 1,000 pages of new law today . Zero of them were passed by Congress. This is wrong. Only Congress is authorized by the Constitution to make federal law . We must pass the REINS Act to stop this tyranny.
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I support this bill.
đ¨BREAKING: Senator Mike Lee is introducing a bill to finally defund the UN. Do you support this bill?
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