U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), a far right wing religious extremist, is under fire after posting tweets attacking democracy. Lee, who recently announced he has contracted COVID-19, posted several tweets during the vice presidential debate Wednesday night, declaring, “We’re not a democracy,” and “Democracy isn’t the objective.”He also suggested there are other political systems better at achieving his goals of “liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic].”Lee, a 49-year old Tea Party Republican is seen by the Republican Party as a constitutional scholar. He is on President Donald Trump’s short list of nominees to be Supreme Court justices. A Justice Mike Lee …read more
Source:: AlterNet
