There’s an old saying that goes something like, “a leopard can’t change his spots.” Apparently, there are exceptions.
When the Access Hollywood tape was released, our dear Sen. Mike Lee then asked presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, “I respectfully ask you, with all due respect, to step aside. Step down. I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person … I certainly don’t think I would feel comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world.”
Just eight years later, Sen. Lee’s spots do seem to have changed. He posted on X following Trump’s 34-count conviction that this is, “A sad day for America. The verdict against Donald Trump, marred by unclear charges and irregular jury instructions, sets a dangerous precedent. This was a political prosecution to help Joe Biden, a weaponization of our justice system that threatens the very fabric of our Republic.”
Hogwash.
How is it that someone who is considered an authority on the law, a one-time defender of the U.S. Constitution, and indeed, an expert on constitutional law, can publicly declare that a jury of 12 regular citizens who find a defendant guilty on 34 felony charges, is somehow “unclear, irregular, dangerous, [and] threatens the very fabric of our Republic?”
It’s not too difficult to understand this when a little research shows that Sen. Lee clerked for Justice Samuel Alito both when he was on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and later, as a Supreme Court Justice.
There’s another old saying, “birds of a feather, flock together.” We rarely use the entire quote of this old saying, which is, “birds of a feather flock together — until the cat comes.” It seems that the cat may be coming for Donald Trump as well as for Justice Alito. Perhaps for Sen. Lee, as well? Vote. Just vote.
Mark Hurst, St. George