Sen. Mike Lee was listed as a possible U.S. attorney general in a second Trump administration by allies of the former president, according to a new report. The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins said allies of Donald Trump had “floated” the Utah Republican senator as a possible AG, alongside other possibilities like Sens. Lee’s office did not provide comment on the report.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis critiqued Mitt Romney Tuesday, saying the senator is part of the “surrender caucus of Republicans” who has “never fought for us.” DeSantis attended Harvard Law School from 2002-05. The black-and-white photo, published by ABC News, shows a young DeSantis — likely in his first year of law school — holding a “Romney for Governor” sign.
History has conspired to give Mitt Romney a better first line to his obituary than “failed presidential candidate.” Should our corporate media continue its tradition of fetishizing the “moderate conservative,” which has become something of a political cryptid, the Utah senator will now be remembered for being the sole Republican to vote “guilty” in Trump’s impeachment trial, thus vaulting high above the very low bar set by his colleagues for political courage. Happily for Romney, The Atlantic’s