Sen. Mike Lee ‘wholeheartedly’ endorses Trump

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) “wholeheartedly” endorsed former President Trump, the current GOP primary frontrunner, during a Friday night appearance on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show. 

Lee said that voters can choose between “order” over “chaos” and that it is time to get behind the former president.

“Look, whether you like Donald Trump or not, whether you agree with everything he says or not, he is our one opportunity to choose order over chaos and putting America first over America last,” Lee said while on The Ingraham Angle. “It’s time to get behind him.”

Lee added that Trump kept the “promises” he campaigned on and that we know what kind of a president he will be. 

“In presidential campaigns, there are always a lot of promises made,” Lee said. “My favorite kinds of political promises are promises kept. Donald Trump has kept promises that he’s made as he’s campaigned in the past. We know what kind of president he will be.”

He added, “And so, whether you agree with him on every point or not, if you are not content with the status quo — the status quo of lawlessness, of putting America last — it’s time to get behind Donald Trump, and I wholeheartedly endorse Donald J. Trump in his bid for the presidency in 2024.”

Including the newly announced boost from the Utah senator, Trump has racked up 21 endorsements from GOP Senators so far, outpacing his 2024 GOP opponents by a large margin. His rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, have yet to accumulate one endorsement from a sitting U.S. Senator. 

Lee’s endorsement is a full-circle gesture for the Utah senator whom Trump endorsed in April 2022, when he was running for reelection, a contest Lee won to keep his seat.