Republican Sen. Mike Lee's visual aids also included references to 'Star Wars,' the Aquaman comics and the fourth installment of 'Sharknado.'
By Allyson Chiu Allyson Chiu Reporter Email Bio Follow March 27 at 6:37 AM Clad in a sharp, dark-colored suit, former president Ronald Reagan cuts a striking figure. But his attire isn’t what makes him formidable. He’s riding a velociraptor, which has a tattered American flag clutched in its talons. With a rocket launcher strapped to his back, Reagan fires a machine gun at an unseen foe.
Throughout his roughly 14-minute address, Lee referenced images of Luke Skywalker from “Star Wars” riding a Tauntaun, a fictional species of snow lizard; Aquaman on a 20-foot purple sea horse; and Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert’s cameo battling sharks with a tennis racket in “Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.” Lee’s tactic swiftly set social media ablaze, drawing reactions ranging from confusion to derision, and even prompted a scathing response from Ocasio-Cortez.Mike Lee, having a normal one pic.twitter.
“I’ll tell you how: Tauntauns,” he declared. The woman handing him the picture of the “Star Wars” scene could be seen stifling a smile. “Let’s be clear . . . climate change is no joke, but the Green New Deal is a joke,” Lee said, before offering an alternative recommendation to combat environmental issues: Have more babies.On Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez took Lee to task over his remarks. She accused the Utah Republican of not taking his job seriously and slammed him for using his congressional allowance to “print Aquaman posters.
“Okay, yowzer,” Cooper said Tuesday after playing a clip of Lee discussing Reagan on the velociraptor. “I’m a little concerned that in Senator Lee’s mind President Reagan requires both a machine gun and a rocket launcher. While I never saw President Reagan riding a dinosaur, I do remember hearing that up until like Franklin Roosevelt, Air Force One was just a pterodactyl.”
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