Lee is among a swath of Republicans who recently tested positive for coronavirus. It followed a series of tweets he made during the debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris in which Lee claimed “We’re not a democracy” and questioned its role in US government. Rank democracy can thwart that,” he wrote, misspelling prosperity. “Democracy isn’t the objective liberty, peace, and prospefity are. The Utah senator Mike Lee made the inflammatory declaration in an early morning tweet following Wednesday’s vice-presidential debate. The Democratic governor said Trump’s rhetoric has stoked threats against her.Ī top Republican senator has said that “democracy isn’t the objective” of America’s political system, sparking widespread outrage at a time when his party has been accused by Democrats of plotting voter suppression and questioning a peaceful transition of power in November’s election. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Thursday it thwarted an alleged plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer.The Covid-19 treatment that Trump was tested with a fetal tissue cell line from the 1980s, that was exempt from the administration’s restrictions. Last year, the Trump administration restricted federal funding for research involving fetal tissue, suspending the newest research that involves tissue derived from abortions. The antibody cocktail that Trump was treated with, and has mischaracterized as a “cure” was developed with cells derived an aborted fetus – a practice that the administration opposes.After refusing to participate in a virtual debate with Joe Biden next week, Trump said he would instead plan a rally. As the president continues to recover from Covid-19, his physician said he will be cleared to resume public engagements on Saturday.The Democrats’ discussion of presidential removal comes after Trump gave a meandering interview to the Fox Business channel during which he called for prosecuting his political enemies. Republicans have responded by accusing Democrats of a “coup”. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and the representative Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, plan to introduce a bill tomorrow morning that would create a commission to evaluate the president’s fitness for office under the 25th amendment of the US constitution.
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