Letter: Cheerleading for the emperor

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Sen. Mike Lee talks with James Evans after a news conference with second lady Karen Pence at the Utah Sate Capitol on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.With the impeachment inquiry now underway in Congress, I’m appalled by the tribalism of the Republicans in Congress, including Rep. Chris Stewart and Sen. Mike Lee, who claims to be a constitutional scholar, and all their constituents who are defending and cheerleading for the exoneration of President Trump.

For three years, the Republican Congress, and their constituents, have remained blind, deaf and mute while our president abuses the emoluments clause calling it “phony” (where’s Utah’s constitutional scholar on this…