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Republican senator claims the left will start a civil war unless federal highway system abolished
We are ruled by monsters and fools.
Ian Millhiser
Nov 15, 2018, 4:23 pm
On Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) delivered a speech to the conservative Federalist Society that would have been more at home on Alex Jones radio show than at a gathering of many of the most powerful lawyers and judges in the country.
In it, Lee warned of a brewing civil war, and claimed that the only way to avert violence would be to eradicate a long list of federal programs including the interstate highway system, funding for K through 12 public education, federal higher education accreditation, early childhood education, the Department of Commerce, housing policy, workforce regulation, and what Lee labeled the huge glut of federally owned land.
Seriously, this is not hyperbole. A sitting United States senator actually said these things.
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https://thinkprogress.org/mike-lee-civil-war-highways-86be306e06b9/?fbclid=IwAR3DWFj9_GgjXgfBsOaw665NC_9wdufNyi3kxh_05TLPMhX5ITgmmkOP5C8
hlthe2b
(102,398 posts)the insanity he is aligned with now.
manor321
(3,344 posts)Now what will we do?!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)They want no infrastructure or education so the can keep the population in check.
Arkansas Granny
(31,534 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Everyone must buy their own interstate highway, or buy a ticket on one owned by a for-profit transportation monopoly.
kimbutgar
(21,215 posts)This guy needs to be taken away in a straight jacket and sent to a loony bin for that crazy comment.
I swear everyday the repuke party is becoming more unhinged and out of touch with reality. The people of Utah should be ashamed and disgraced for supporting and having him as their Senator.
Freethinker65
(10,064 posts)zaj
(3,433 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,667 posts)https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/11/16/sen-mike-lee-says-toxic/
MagickMuffin
(15,960 posts)What utter insanity.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,599 posts)That would worry me more than one crazy guy's conspiracy theories.
Qutzupalotl
(14,334 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)That's insane.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)I heard them described today on MSNBC as conservative intellectuals.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,467 posts)TrumPutin doesn't give a shit so long as he is seen to be BIG.
The right wing Republican party has had the goal of starving and dismantling the Federal government since at least the time of rotten Ronnie. The only part they want intact is the military budget -- national defense.
PatSeg
(47,625 posts)I thought he was relatively normal, at least for a republican.
Buckeyeblue
(5,502 posts)Another beautiful state populated by dumb people.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)alliance's chopping block for a long time. They're serious about not paying taxes and about privatizing federally owned lands they currently have to pay us pennies on the dollar to profiteer off of -- when allowed. They've been getting the Bundy types outraged over the theft of "private" lands for a long time.