Basic Mitt Lee

Daylight savings time sucks, almost as much as having public lands, am I right?

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Your precious public lands will be soon belong to my donors. Suck it Utah.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

I wonder how long I can keep up this SAVE act grift.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Not Utah though, we have the gold standard.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

@NatalieforUtah They are marking your posts as sensitive now too.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Sweet

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

For your safety!

[The Eternal Saints @Eternal_Saints_]

Big Brother is watching you.

Welcome to Utah, comrades.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

What's @BasedMikeLee gonna tweet about now?

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

House is expected to vote next week on a bill to make daylight savings time permanent.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

I know I speak for most of Utah when I say this is just too contentious. I don't think he even tried to disagree better.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🇺🇸🇺🇸 Hell yeah!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

@NormieUtah No one stands between the donors and their slave labor! GDP is everything!

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

I once asked @CarsonJorg to count all his girlfriends, but he fell asleep.

[Sophie Anderson @SophieAnde49073]

Heard @carsonjorg is upset today!

If his foreign slave labor is given amnesty, they won’t be beholden to him & may demand higher wages.

He can’t have his foreign slave labor leave & demand higher wages. He just wants more of them so he can keep his slave plantation running.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

We should open up federal land for them.

[CAPT. BIG ROCK 🦅 @BigRockInsights]

Gimmigrants are bioweapons and you're not a bad person for wanting to send them back to their home countries

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Boy, oh boy, I love Taco Bell.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

We also have to sell off public lands to political donors.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Western Civilization is doomed, unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken that are hard, but necessary for survival

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Finally! I get my whale ride! 🐳🌈🙌🏻

[Governor Cocks @GovSpencerCocks]

SSShhhh, welcome Sen. Lee to the group photo, but don't wake up Rep. Blake Moore. Who do we add to the Who's Who of Utah's Demise tomorrow??

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Asking this question is racist.

[The Eternal Saints @Eternal_Saints_]

How Many Illegal Aliens Are in Utah?

I think this question needs to be asked. Any resident of Utah who has been here for even just a few years can see it: our state is changing, and changing fast. For those of us who have lived here our whole lives, it’s undeniable that Utah is experiencing a fundamental transformation in its population. That shift touches every part of daily life. Housing is harder to find. Traffic is worse. Jobs are more competitive. The price and quality of goods and services are affected. Even the culture and overall quality of life feel different than they once did.

Utah is not a limitless place. Despite our vast wilderness, the Wasatch Front (the narrow strip where most people live, work, and raise families) is finite. No Utahn I’ve ever met has asked for our home to be turned into a megalopolis like Southern California or Singapore. Yet the growth, fueled by arrivals from all over the world, is happening whether we like it or not. So here is my honest question for those in charge: How many illegal aliens reside in Utah?

Last night, KUTV’s Heidi Hatch shared Associated Press data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that shed some light on this. The reporting revealed that Salt Lake City now ranks third in the nation for migrant arrivals. Nearly 2.5 million people who either crossed the border illegally or used the CBP One app for legal entry self-reported where they intended to live between May 2023 and January 2025. Miami led all metro areas with 2,191 arrivals for every 100,000 residents. Fort Myers, Florida, came next at 1,782. And right behind them, Salt Lake City reported 1,685 per 100,000; edging out Denver and New York.

At the state level, Utah ranked among the very highest per capita, with 1,015 migrant arrivals per 100,000 residents, compared to California’s 644. While these numbers reflect self-reported destinations and may not be permanent, they provide a rare window into the scale of migration into our state. And they confirm what ordinary Utahns are experiencing firsthand: our communities are absorbing significant numbers of newcomers at an unprecedented rate.

During last year’s gubernatorial campaign, we were repeatedly told that Utah is not a sanctuary state. Gov. Spencer Cox himself said exactly that in March 2024 during a virtual town hall. His words were clear: “Utah is not a sanctuary state. It has never been a sanctuary state. It will never be a sanctuary state. And anyone who tells you otherwise… is lying to you because they want to use fear and divisiveness to try to gain power” (Utah News Dispatch, March 2024). But his opponents (Phil Lyman) pointed to an internal ICE memo that briefly labeled Utah a “sanctuary state” after several counties ended contracts to hold migrants for civil detention. Even though ICE later rescinded that memo, the dispute has left many Utahns confused about what’s really happening.

Back in December, I attended an event with Ron Mortensen of the Center for Immigration Studies, who argued that Utah policy actively incentivizes illegal immigration. He pointed out that Utah offers in-state college tuition to illegal aliens, grants “driver’s privilege” cards, and even reduced the penalty for class-A misdemeanors to 364 days instead of 365, specifically to protect illegal aliens from automatic deportation. He noted that Utah allows illegal aliens to practice law, ignores the citizen-passed initiative declaring English the official language, and has neutered the employment verification law that was meant to ensure businesses hired legal citizens. On top of that, the state has granted in-state tuition to asylum seekers and provided government-funded healthcare to the children of illegal aliens. If these policies are accurate, it’s little wonder Utah has become a destination.

No one in Utah voted for mass migration into our state. No one voted to turn Herriman into a hub of new arrivals. And no one voted for Utah to become one of the top destinations in the nation for border crossers. This is not a partisan point, it’s a matter of basic transparency. Utahns deserve to know how many of our new neighbors are here legally and how many are not. If our leaders insist that Utah is not a sanctuary state, then prove it. Show us the numbers. Stop hiding behind vague assurances and give us clear, honest data about the scope of illegal immigration in Utah.

We cannot have an honest conversation about housing, jobs, culture, or the future of our state without first answering this simple, essential question: How many illegal aliens are in Utah?

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

What does a guy gotta do to get on the whale?

[Governor Cocks @GovSpencerCocks]

You asked for it, you got it. Let's all welcome the Commander Ryker to my Captain Sulu, Deidre Henderson to the Who's Who of Utah's Demise!

Who do we add next?

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Of course the quarter pounder is bigger than a third pound burger. This is America.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

Silence, peasant!

Don’t you know that anyone who holds power in Utah must never be criticized?

Just think of all the bridges you’re burning by doing this.

[Dave Chadwick - Author @DChadwickAuthor]

What is going on in Utah? Why does this generation have such feckless, bratty, entitled dip 💩's in positions of power?

This is Ted Stokes.

A republican with the Smithfield City Council.

Or rather, formerly of the Smithfield City Council. He was forced to resign after threatening to pull funding from the city's police department after they routinely investigated a crash in which his son totaled another driver's car.

Ted felt having to answer a few questions was below his station, and lashed out at the police officers who were just doing their jobs. He thought because he's on the city council that he can just live in his McMansion and he and his family shouldn't be subjected to the same laws everybody else is.

He even had the audacity to order the cops around before threatening to defund them, claiming "I decide whether the budget is good or it's not." If you or I tried this, we'd be arrested.

Politicians in this state need to get their heads on straight, because most of them seem to think that they are some kind of higher, protected class than the rest of us.

This kind of attitude is beyond infuriating, and its all too common around here, especially with those who call themselves Republicans.

[Basic Mitt Lee @BasicMittLee]

A true fulfillment of the Bald Horse Prophecy

[Governor Cocks @GovSpencerCocks]

I shall ride his body, ride it to Washington.