Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.) is facing a grilling from critics over an early-morning post about President Donald Trump, who became the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
In a now-deleted post on X early Wednesday, Lee responded to Trump’s expected attendance at the court, which is deciding on the constitutionality of his executive order to ban birthright citizenship in the case known as Trump v. Barbara.
“So f—ing f—ed up,” Lee wrote in response to a report from the Associated Press about the president’s presence. “I’ll pray they f— him to his face.
“Sorry, I say f— a lot these days,” she continued.
The swing-district Democrat’s post was swiftly met with backlash from supporters and allies of the president.
Attorney and legal analyst Jonathan Turley posted that Lee “joined the race to the bottom today with a profane attack on the President for merely watching the arguments on birthright citizenship.” “It is not merely profanity but a pathology on the left…,” he added. Conservative operative Steve Guest claimed that Lee was either “blackout drunk when she tweeted this or it was a staffer posting from her account.”“This is a sitting US Congresswoman. Democrat of course,” far-right activist Laura Loomer said.
Disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) added that “most people are now just realizing this but I’ve known since working with her Susie Lee is unhinged.”“Lady, there’s literally a seat reserved at all times in the chamber for the president,” RedState’s Bonchie wrote. “Next time, consider calming down.”
A few hours later, Lee addressed her comments targeting Trump, writing in a follow-up post: “Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.”
Trump stayed in court for over an hour, in which he listened to Solicitor General D. John Sauer, who defended his executive order that would deny U.S. citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and foreigners on temporary visas.
Cecillia Wang, the national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, represented a group of children and their parents arguing against it. The ACLU has maintained that Trump’s measure overrides the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to “all persons” born or naturalized in the United States dating back to the 19th century.
“We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social after he exited.