No cap, bussin, forreal, forreal: Sen. Mike Lees personal Twitter account is called BasedMikeLee

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...

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