‘Humans against Mike Lee’ campaign launched to oust Senator for opposing Trump’s impeachment

‘Humans against Mike Lee’ campaign launched to oust Senator for opposing Trump’s impeachment

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A group on the left calls him an “extremist” who spends his time debating semantics and fomenting cultural wars.

(Senate Television via AP) In this image from the video, Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, signs the oath book after being sworn in for the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Monday, January 26, 2021.

| February 16, 2021, 20:49

| Updated: 21:19

While some Republicans are pushing to censor Senator Mitt Romney of Utah for voting again for the impeachment of Donald Trump, a left-wing group is launching a campaign aimed at ousting Senator Mike Lee for his vote to absolve the former president.

“Today we are launching a campaign against him: Humans Against Mike Lee,” wrote Kathryn Calderon, political director at Alliance for a Better Utah, in an email announcing the campaign.

“If you watched an impeachment trial last week – or if you paid attention to the news in the past 10 years – you know that Senator Mike Lee is the worst,” she said. “He is an extremist who likes to debate semantics and choose cultural war fights, instead of doing things to help Utahns.”

The group launched a website, HumansAgainstMikeLee.com, with the aim of collecting stories about why Lee should be discharged in two years, looking for volunteers and raising money. Among his suggestions: “Donate now. It’s therapeutic. “
Meanwhile, over the weekend, some Utah Republicans began circulating possible censorship to Romney saying that his second impeachment vote shows that he failed to “represent Utah’s average conservative Republican voter” and “misrepresented himself as a Republican ”When he ran for office.
This motion of censure concludes by saying that Romney used his “senatorial power and influence to undermine” Trump and states that “Romney appears to be an agent of the Establishment Deep State”.

The top leaders of the Utah Republican Party said they are not behind the censorship effort. Instead, the party issued a statement on Monday noting that Romney and Lee faced criticism for their impeachment votes.

“The differences between our own Utah Republicans show a diversity of thinking, in contrast to the danger of a party fixing on ‘unanimity of thought’. There is power in our differences as a political party, and we expect each senator to explain his votes to the people of Utah, ”said the Republican statement.

Utah Democratic Party President Jeff Merchant gave Utah Republicans a chance on Tuesday, tweeting, “I think I’m confused why the @UtahGOP blame @SenatorRomney for not representing the “Utah average conservative voter” but not @SenMikeLee for not representing the normal human voter. “
Last year, after Trump’s first impeachment trial – when Romney was the only Republican to vote for Trump’s impeachment – the Central Committee of the Utah Republican Party considered several proposals to punish Romney. Instead, the group passed a diluted resolution praising Trump.
In addition, state deputy Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, also tabled a resolution in the legislature to censor Romney, but he never moved forward. It was also replaced by a resolution praising Trump. Before Trump stepped down, he pardoned Lyman for his federal conviction on charges of leading an illegal ATV protest on federal land.

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