Mike Lee to Trump: ‘Keep it coming’

Published August 2, 2017 1:33am ET



Utah Senator Mike Lee, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest Republican skeptics during campaign season, is pleased with the president’s first six months in office.

During his remarks at Young America’s Foundation’s National Conservative Student Conference on Tuesday, the second-term Republican was asked to comment on any “pushback” he’s received from the GOP as a result of his early criticisms of Trump. “I took a position at the time that was taking place because I had certain ideas about whether he could get elected,” the senator said. “I didnt think he could. I turned out to be wrong.”

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