In a fiery look on Jesse Watters’ Primetime, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) pulled again the curtain on what he calls a “historic betrayal of the American folks.”
Lee accused Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of secretly negotiating a bloated $1.7 trillion spending invoice behind closed doorways for practically three months.
Lee revealed that the controversial laws had been within the works for 85 days with out the general public’s information, an act he characterised as an affront to transparency and accountability.
Senator Lee predicted dire penalties for these concerned, particularly focusing on Speaker Mike Johnson’s maintain on energy.
Lee even floated unconventional candidates for Speaker of the Home: entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Jesse Watters:
Wait, so that you’re saying… Maintain on, simply again up. You’re saying these 4 folks—you’re saying Jeffrey, Johnson, McDonald…Mike Lee:
Schumer, McDonald, Johnson, Jeffrey—the agency. They did this. Okay, McDonald and Schumer cooked this up for the final 85 days in secret, dropped it on all people Wednesday, and that is the place we’re.Sure, it has failed. It’s failed miserably as a result of the American persons are awake. They’ve entry to X, they’ve entry to Watters’ World, they’ve entry to info and to apps that may assist rapidly digest this info.
This doesn’t work. It’s a historic second. It’s fallen aside. In consequence, any person’s going to must lose their job over this. I don’t suppose the Speaker goes to stay in energy—that’s my prediction.
I’m not within the Home, but when I’m appropriate in that—and I feel I’m—we’d like daring new management, outdoors management, and I feel it must be a Doge Speaker. It must be both Vivek Ramaswamy or it must be Elon Musk.
Look, I used to be over right here a few weeks in the past. Home and Senate Republicans for a Doge, D-O-G-E, caucus assembly. I’ve by no means seen—we’re like herding cats, Republicans on Capitol Hill—I’ve by no means seen a lot consideration, a lot respect for 2 folks in our complete caucus, within the Senate and within the Home.
Jesse Watters:
You’re formally nominating, proper right here on Jesse Watters’ Primetime, both Vivek or Elon to be Home Speaker. It doesn’t must be a politician; it might be anybody. Can they be Speaker? Do they need that job?Mike Lee:
I don’t know. Look, I’m a bit of bit skeptical. Elon is busy—he’s bought 54 corporations that he’s working and attempting to get to the moon. I think Vivek is a bit of bit extra open to it than Elon. I’ll take both of them. Vivek, Elon, for those who’re watching, please enroll. America wants you.Jesse Watters:
All proper. Nicely, I don’t suppose Johnson likes you now. Subsequent time you guys see one another strolling by way of the halls of Congress, he’s in all probability going to kick you within the leg.Mike Lee:
He is an effective man. He’s a pal. He’s been a pal for a very long time—a fantastic particular person. He’s misplaced management of this. I don’t understand how he can stay in energy. We’d like Elon or Vivek as Speaker.
WATCH:
NEW: Senator Mike Lee reveals Schumer, McConnell, Johnson and Jefferies secretly cooked up the spending invoice over the previous 85 days anticipating to ‘sneak’ it by way of earlier than the vacations.
Lee stated this was a historic second, crediting X for the invoice’s failure.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 20, 2024
