No cap, bussin, forreal, forreal: Sen. Mike Lee’s personal Twitter account is called ‘BasedMikeLee’
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Senator Mike Lee. | Photo by Andrew Harnik - Pool/Getty Images No cap, Sen. Mike Lee himself is tweeting from the @BasedMikeLee Twitter account.
The account cropped up seemingly out of nowhere towards the end of last month, posting news articles about the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry; claiming that Lee is taller than his colleague Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY); and shaming the tech companies he aims to regulate as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The haters can't handle this frickin' smoke," Lee said in a July 24th tweet on the account.
Quote-tweeting Turning Point USA contributor Benny Johnson that same day, Lee wrote, This account is no cap - bussin, forreal forreal."
The Salt Lake Tribune was the first to confirm that the account belonged to Lee on Tuesday. Lee Lonsberry, a Sen. Lee...