Mike Lee Flails As His Public Land Sale Triggers Firestorm

The Utah Senator says he is rewriting his controversial bill to narrow the scope of federal land sales. It is unlikely to appease his growing number of critics.

U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, MD. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee couldn’t help himself, not with a GOP trifecta in Washington offering such a rare opportunity to advance his ideological crusade against America’s public lands.

On June 11, the not…