Kerfuffle, Lee said what they said wasn't said. EDITED

[elleng]

(SORRY if not clear.)

*This about alleged phone call made from trmp who tried to reach tuberville but reached Lee (utah) instead, lee allegedly handed phone to turberville.

a non- issue, imo, but repugs want to fight.

***Jaime settled it, MUCH Ado about NOTHING!

[leftieNanner]

1. You are correct!

It's not clear and I have no idea what you are talking about.

[elleng]

6. Statements attributed to Sen Lee aren't true,

want them to be stricken.

[Kid Berwyn]

16. Lee's story was related to staff...

From CNN:

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani both mistakenly made calls to Republican Sen. Mike Lee as deadly riots were unfolding at the US Capitol earlier this week, a spokesman for the senator confirmed to CNN -- calls that were intended for another GOP senator the White House was frantically trying to convince to delay the counting of Electoral College votes.

Lee's spokesman said the calls from Trump and his attorney were intended for Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a newly elected Republican from Alabama.

The effort by the White House to get Tuberville to delay certification of the votes provides insight into the President's thinking and priorities as a mob of his supporters lay siege to the iconic building. As the President worked to convince Tuberville to delay the process, he and other top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the breached Capitol, a source close to the vice president told CNN.

Trump first called the personal cell phone of Lee, a Utah Republican, shortly after 2 p.m. ET. At that time the senators had been evacuated from the Senate floor and were in a temporary holding room, as a pro-Trump mob began breaching the Capitol.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/mike-lee-tommy-tuberville-trump-misdialed-capitol-riot/index.html

Har har. It is to laugh.

[elleng]

17. Thanks, thems the facts!

[C_U_L8R]

18. They weren't misquoting Lee

They were just reporting on the reporting.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

26. This was CNNs Source

Desert News, January 7, 2021

How President Trump misdialed Utah Sen. Mike Lee while the Capitol was under siege

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/1/7/22218897/donald-trump-mike-lee-misdial-capitol-siege-congress-electoral-insurrection-moore-curtis-stewart|]

[Kid Berwyn]

27. The little fellah has real reason to be scared.

His words will infuriate the supporters of agent orange. History will not be kind, either.

Thank you, IllinoisBirdWatcher! This story has legs that the press need to exercise. And the footprints lead to Trump’s co-conspirators in treason.

[nolabear]

2. They're still trying to figure it out.

[Walleye]

3. What the hell did he say then?

[Hassler]

3. This has been another performance from context-free theater.

[Music Man]

7. LOL, perfect :)

[Pachamama]

5. Then I say that Senator Mike Lee testify under oath what indeed was said

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Mike Lee flipped Tuberville?

Poor guy sounds like he’s just found a dead horse head in the cloakroom.

[mdelaguna]

9. Mass confusion

[teach1st]

10. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Wants the record expunged about a conversation between Tuberville and Trump and the House Managers' depiction of what Lee said about it.

[mdelaguna]

12. Thank you

[Lars39]

13. Thanks!

[Tree-Hugger]

11. He seems scared nt

[mucifer]

15. nah seems angry to me

[JI7]

14. What who said wasn't true ?

[Leith]

19. Lessee if I got this right...

The Senate has been viewing testimony on the riot in the Capitol, watching atrocities committed by supporters of the orange monster, listed the dead, and gave evidence of the horrific actions taken by said orange monster, but...

Mike Lee is upset because he was misquoted?!

The claim was that Lee's phone was called by mistake so he handed the phone to Tuberville. Now he's all verklempt because he now says that he didn't say that?

What a crybaby snowflake!!

[elleng]

20. RIGHT!

[stillcool]

21. I thought Rudy butt-dialed the phone call...

meant for Tuberville....and it was reported like eons ago. Why is he objecting to it now?

[MustLoveBeagles]

22. Right

This was reported awhile ago. If this information was wrong why the hell didn't he correct the record then? Why did he wait until now to throw a fit?

Eta: Just found this. Senator Mike Lee is full of shit. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215087608 Thanks Nevilledog

Link to tweet

Here's some additional tweets

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[Etherealoc1]

24. Lee is in a pickle

trying to cover his a#@ he doesn't

want to come across like a rat.

He claims he was misquoted ok.

It still doesn't account for the release

of the voicemail left on his phone by

Guliani.(verbatim)

[Chainfire]

25. Just a tactic to break the momentum of the presentation.

Expect more of the same. I am only surprised it took that long to get to.

They need to be told to sit down and shut up until the Defense presents its case, then if they feel the need to correct the record, do it under oath.