Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is leading a coalition of Republican Senators who say they are “no longer cooperating with any Democrat legislative priorities or nominations” following Thursday’s guilty verdict against former President Donald J. Trump in his Manhattan-based hush money trial. The Utah Republican, in an open letter signed by seven of his colleagues, invited “all concerned Senators to join our stand.”
“The White House has made a mockery of the rule of law and fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways,” Sen. Lee wrote before adding: “As a Senate Republican conference, we are unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart.” Lee’s letter is joined by Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Marco Rubio (R-FL).
In a statement exclusive to The National Pulse, Sen. Lee said: “This is a time for choosing. Are Republicans—or any elected officials of any party—going to sit idly by and watch as America’s judicial system is reduced to the legitimacy of a banana republic, or are we going to do something?”
The group of Senate Republicans is pledging to block all non-security-related funding for the Biden government, as well as any appropriations bill that could fund Biden’s partisan lawfare against former President Trump. Additionally, Lee’s coalition says they will vote against confirmation for any future Biden judicial nominees or political appointees and prevent the expedited passage of any non-security legislation in the Senate.
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Strongly worded statements are not enough.
Those who turned our judicial system into a political cudgel must be held accountable.
We are no longer cooperating with any Democrat legislative priorities or nominations, and we invite all concerned Senators to join our stand. pic.twitter.com/H0CzIjXgwC
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) May 31, 2024