After much consideration, and a lifetime watching goofy movies and TV shows, I have come to the conclusion that the person we think of as Utah’s soon-to-be-senior senator, Mike Lee, is really two people.
There’s Mike Lee, constitutional scholar, brave questioner of mass surveillance and the Patriot Act and one of the architects of the new, painstakingly crafted sentencing reform law that was a long time coming.
And then there’s Mickey Lee, petulant political extremist who likes to hold his breath and watch America turn purple. (I thought about calling him Spike Lee, but that name’s taken.