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US Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) announced that he was diagnosed with COVID-19 on October 2, but he is back in the Senate, taking part in the confirmation hearing of the Judicial Committee of ‘today for Amy Coney Barrett, led by President Lindsey Graham
Senator Lee, who last week while recovering from coronavirus, is again criticized, this time for failing to observe basic COVID protocols while still infected with disease deadly
Last week Senator Lee, a far-right Tea Party conservative who subscribes to invented methodologies of constitutional interpretation known as textualism and originalism, sits on the Judiciary Committee, was widely criticized for his attacks on democracy itself
On Monday morning, Senator Lee was back to vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, in the midst of the presidential election, and he wasn’t even wearing a mask as he spoke to the committee and the candidate
President Graham was forced last week to withdraw from a debate with his Democratic opponent because he refused to be tested for the coronavirus, after attending the House super-spreader event White
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