Yes, That Is Mike Lee’s Twitter

In July, a new Twitter account, @BasedMikeLee, surfaced, claiming to be run by Senator Mike Lee (R., Utah) himself. Recent weeks have seen vigorous online debate and speculation about the claim. The account’s tweeting habits contributed to this ambiguity — its posts alternated between traditional political statements (such as this recent thread on the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago) and . . . definitively less traditional posts. (“I’m taller than @RandPaul”; “The haters can’t handle this frickin’ smoke”; “This account is no cap — bussin, forreal forreal”). Was this, in fact, the senior U.S. senator from the great state of Utah? Or a suspiciously talented impersonator?

Today, the Internet was given an answer:

So long as our political representatives are on Twitter — a phenomenon that I’m not convinced is good for the republic — I hope more of them tweet like @BasedMikeLee.