'As dishonest as they are absurd': Rep. Roy calls out recent attacks on Sen. Mike Lee

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement Wednesday in response to media attacks against recent comments made by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah):

The attacks against my friend and colleague, Sen. Mike Lee, are as dishonest as they are absurd. It was clear that he tried to make the point that, despite the dangerously inflammatory comments by many of our leftist colleagues, we should take the high road and see each other as fallen human beings. America's public square needs far more of that, not less. He said, as I have, that we should step back from the lunacy of government by soundbite and retweet and show some grace instead of nonstop ‘whataboutism' and retaliation.

But the brazen dishonesty about his remarks only prove how necessary they are. If others wish to take the road of distortions and lies, as so many do, it is they who will force this republic to the divorce table when they should have been helping us unite for a prosperous America, properly defended from the aggression of China and our other global threats.

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