Sen. Mike Lee warns of ‘increased hostility’ toward Christianity in Washington

August 1, 2024

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is warning that federal lawmakers have grown increasingly hostile toward Christians in recent years and that some feel justified in discriminating against them.

The Christian Post reports that Lee sat down for a 2 hour interview with Tucker Carlson on the Tucker Carlson Network this week and was asked if he saw growing hostility in D.C. toward Christians. Lee, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, responded: “I think there is increased hostility toward Christianity, toward organized religion in general in Washington.”

Lee noted that while the Senate enjoys a “a pretty healthy culture” among colleagues, he has seen an emergence of unconstitutional religious tests for judicial nominees during the Trump administration.

Referring to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s 2017 comments regarding then Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Lee told Tucker Carlson: “I remember during the Trump administration, we started to see, for the first time ever, a couple of my Democratic colleagues, including some on the Judiciary Committee, who would say things like this: ‘I’m not comfortable with this nominee because I fear that the dogma lives loudly within her.'”

According to the Christian Post, Lee said the growing antipathy toward Christians who wish to serve in government is uncharted territory for the U.S. since, culturally, we have been a religious nation throughout most of our history.

Lee added: “Relative to not just the founding generation, but pretty much all generations of Americans until very recently, those who are hostile toward Christian beliefs or toward any belief system when it comes to somebody’s worthiness to serve in government. That’s historically aberrational. That’s extreme.”

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