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Happy Thanksgiving

We want to take a moment today, Thanksgiving, to express our gratitude to you our readers. We can see that many of you have visited us multiple times viewing our various updates. We are very grateful for your support.

We are grateful for our country, our freedoms, and the right to vote and to voice our opinions.

We are also grateful to Senator Lee for the work he has done recently. Working in a bipartisan effort, he has helped introduce a bill for Secure Privacy Protection. This bill is aiming to amend some of the governmental powers to spy on its citizens granted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, such as being able to monitor to personal phone calls and e-mails. The creators of the bill say there needs to be a better balance between obtaining the information to keep people safe and disregarding privacy rights granted to them by the Constitution. You can learn more about the bill by clicking here.

Senator Lee also recently reintroduced the SCREEN Act, which is aimed to limit access to pornography by young children. Similar acts that Senator Lee has advocated have passed before, but when challenged in the Supreme Court, they have been overturned on the grounds of not meeting the least restrictive means test. The Supreme Court did concede that the government does have a responsibility to protect children from pornography, so this bill is meant to both provide those protections and meet the law’s requirements. You can learn more about this bill by clicking here.

These efforts show Senator Lee would make an excellent president.

Happy Thanksgiving from Seniors for Responsible Government

From “Overcoming Ingratitude” delivered January 11, 1994 at Brigham Young University, while Rex Lee (1935-1996) was serving as President of BYU and Mike Lee was serving as student body president.

Mike Lee should run for president. He’s right on the money.

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In mid 2022, our small team launched SeniorsForMikeLee.com. We noticed that seniors were not being strongly considered in the Utah Senatorial campaigns, and wanted to give the seniors of Utah a voice during that election. We interviewed and posted the thoughts of many seniors. They weren’t are words, they were yours. And they were effective.

Not only did Senator Lee handily win his campaign, but our team was recognized with a 2023 Pollie Award for our print ads, which is like receiving an Oscar in the world of political advertising.

During this election cycle, where, in our opinions, many of the candidates did not match our values and expectations, we put forward Senator Lee in a new campaign called Mike Lee for U.S. president. It has been our honor to see that we have many loyal readers, and thank you for your visits.

Recently, the glue of our team and the director of our project passed away from complications with cancer. We were planning on winding down this project as we got closer to Election day, but this heartbreaking loss to our team means that this will be our last post.

We selected Senator Lee because he is fearless in standing for correct values and believes that the Constitution was inspired document and is still the foundation of our country. We invite each of you to likewise be fearless in standing for those things that you believe and that will help America stay strong in its Constitutional roots.

So again, thank you for joining us. All the best.

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Thank you Senator Lee for your push for government accountability concerning how they manage tax payer money, arms, and most importantly, the lives of our soldiers in recent wars.

Today is the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We honor the memory of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice on this day.

We also take the opportunity to reflect on our current conflicts. Senator Mike Lee has shared his views on how these conflicts are being mishandled, and as mentioned in previous posts (https://mikeleeforuspresident.com/columbus-day-updates-on-a-busy-week-for-senator-lee), has introduced the “Define the Mission Act” to increase government accountability when engaging in war.

Senator Lee does not seem anti-war. He states on his website, “Providing for the common defense is one of the federal government’s primary constitutional obligations.  Both the President and Congress have significant responsibilities in this area to set the policies that keep our country safe.”

He continues, “Broadly, we must evaluate our most pressing national security goals and put forth the appropriate resources necessary to achieve those objectives. And where we commit resources, especially with regard to putting our men and women in harm’s way, we must have a clear national security interest, a well-articulated purpose, an understanding of the potential costs involved, and a responsible plan for success.”  https://www.lee.senate.gov/national-defense

With that said, we perceive one current trend Senator Lee finds disturbing: the wasting of American resources, whether it be tax payer dollars, equipment and supplies, or American lives. He denounces this government waste, especially in “endless wars”:

“Ukraine is officially America’s new endless war.”

“The deep state’s memory is short and rose-tinted. The Biden administration employs the same rhetoric and tactics that the Bush and Obama administrations used to conduct indefinite military engagement in Afghanistan and Iraq, not to mention undeclared intervention in Libya, Syria, and beyond. With billions flowing from the U.S. to the Ukrainian government in ‘economic support,’ long-term security guarantees, and the reconstruction effort already underway, we can’t help but feel a sense of deja vu.”

“The United States is heading down the same path that mired us in Middle Eastern conflicts for over two decades, all without clearly articulating the objective or how victory is achieved.” https://www.lee.senate.gov/2023/10/ukraine-is-officially-america-s-new-forever-war-president-biden-how-does-this-end

We feel it is important to defend democracy and its ideals worldwide. However, it is also important to ensure that our own country remains strong, with sufficient resources both for its military and its people. In our opinion, Lee is simply asking for accountability, goals, and oversight when utilizing our resources in war.

Mike Lee should run for president. He’s right on the money.

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